Fitting a 5C Collet Chuck

[the penguin]

(06-12-2017, 05:33 PM)EdK Wrote:

(06-12-2017, 06:46 AM)the penguin Wrote: Knowing what I know now, and was going to do it again, I would have gone ER40, instead.

Yup, I agree Jack. That's what I did but I think Trevor has the 5C collets already.

Ed

Yeah, I realize that, already have the collets, make the collet chuck, a wise decision, The way it was explained to me was, a 5C collet is a work holding collet, where the ER series collets systems, are both a work or tool holding collet. Its the reason, you don't see mills with 5C spindles of spindle collet chucks. The ER system is just more versatile.

All that being said, I have 5C collets, they are incredibly handy to have, I think OP's question on a 5C collet chuck is important information, it just if I knew what I know now, I never would have bought in the 5C system, I would have gone ER40. 

I have the 5C chuck he was asking about, it can be a very workable tool, I did find it incredibly fiddly to set up, to get it to run true, but once there it works great, but like most tools it has limitations.