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The collar on the Albrecht chucks is important to get a keyless chuck tight. I have 2 Glacern's and with out the collar it is hard to get them tight. They do give you a wrench but the point of keyless to make it quick and easy to change bits. I just got an Albrecht like the one above with the R8 shank for $93 shipped off ebay. Can't wait to try it out.
Good point. I first bought a Glacern integral R8 chuck when I got my mill. Being a benchtop mill I was worried about loss of Z travel since the Glacern integral is shorter without the collar. I got by by just putting it in low gear but not too long down the road I realized I'd rather have the collar & for what I do I have never came close to running out of Z.
Got me a Glacern with the collar & man is it so much better not having to reach up for the drawbar when I needed the extra grip. In fact I now use the collar all the time now.
I keep missing out on Albrechts, perhaps I'm too picky as well. Hopefully one day I will score me a nice one but for now the Glacern has been serving me well.