I am in the market for a 5C collet set. Since I'm not doing rocket surgery, a low cost import set will probably be more accurate than I am.
I would like to start out with a 1/16th's set & later fill in with 32nd & 64th's.
Can anyone tell me why nobody appears to sell infill sets? By this I mean just the 32nd collets or the 64th collets, or even the 16th collets. There are many many sellers offering 1/8th sets, 1/16th sets etc. but what then?
If you cannot afford a full 64th's set to get started, are the only options to buy every other collet individually or buy another set and have duplicates?
For example Enco sells 17 different 32nd sizes at $10.12 each. So a 32nd infill 'set' would cost $172.04. The difference between the 1/16th set at $148.89 and the 32nd set at $291.05 is $142.16 or $29.88 less to buy the 32nd's to begin with. To later add the 64th's sizes, 35 more at $10.12 each would be $354.20.
1/16th set $148.89 + 32nd infill $172.04 + 64th infill $354.20 = $675.13
or $187.78 more than the full 64th's set at $487.35.
Buying one or two at a time as needed further inflates the cost per collet when shipping is factored in.
Of course these are cheap imports, quality collets are way more.
Opinions? What do others do?
I would like to start out with a 1/16th's set & later fill in with 32nd & 64th's.
Can anyone tell me why nobody appears to sell infill sets? By this I mean just the 32nd collets or the 64th collets, or even the 16th collets. There are many many sellers offering 1/8th sets, 1/16th sets etc. but what then?
If you cannot afford a full 64th's set to get started, are the only options to buy every other collet individually or buy another set and have duplicates?
For example Enco sells 17 different 32nd sizes at $10.12 each. So a 32nd infill 'set' would cost $172.04. The difference between the 1/16th set at $148.89 and the 32nd set at $291.05 is $142.16 or $29.88 less to buy the 32nd's to begin with. To later add the 64th's sizes, 35 more at $10.12 each would be $354.20.
1/16th set $148.89 + 32nd infill $172.04 + 64th infill $354.20 = $675.13
or $187.78 more than the full 64th's set at $487.35.
Buying one or two at a time as needed further inflates the cost per collet when shipping is factored in.
Of course these are cheap imports, quality collets are way more.
Opinions? What do others do?