08-23-2012, 12:21 AM
(08-22-2012, 11:36 PM)Tony Wells Wrote: I have a perplexing situation at hand. I was given a collet chuck and a single collet. At a glance, I thought it was an ER series, but upon some measurements I concluded that it is a European standard 6388 OZ38 series. My quandary is whether to try to hunt down a few collets for the common sizes or sell it to someone who perhaps already has a set. The chuck is a 50 taper, and is in fine shape. It works fine for the single 1" size I have, but I wouldn't mind expanding the set a bit.
What do you guys think? Anyone from the Continent care to comment? I figure this is far more common there than in the States.
Sounds to me like a very rare bird on this side of the pond. Since it was given to you, you can just hold out and see what happens as to whether you find more pieces to go with it. Probably cheaper and better in the long run is to get an ER collet holder on the 50 Taper and then you can get a wider variety of collets easier.
Walter
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