5c collet set

RandyM said:

I like them in a drawer so they don't get dirt and chips all over them. Plus I have other things already on the wall. AND, at this time, I really don't use them a lot. I need to get my lath restored. Sounds like you are about to fill those open spaces.

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Thinking about it, as soon as the open space in my wallet is filled in a bit.lol

Mike

I have a Hardinge 5C set in 1/64’s. Made a hole plate thing and got it all to fit in a tool box draw with a few holes (3) to spare. The two holes in the back are for handle clearance, can’t get collets into those two holes. It's the only thing that's organized in my shop…Dave

chips&more said:

I have a Hardinge 5C set in 1/64’s. Made a hole plate thing and got it all to fit in a tool box draw with a few holes (3) to spare. The two holes in the back are for handle clearance, can’t get collets into those two holes. It's the only thing that's organized in my shop…Dave
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Now THAT is a nice set of collets.

Mike

I purchased from CDCO and so far have been very pleased with the performance. I placed a 1/2" ground arbor to check runout and it was extremely accurate. Ive only used about eight of them so far and all thread in/out smoothly. It also helps that the 5C scroll chuck (lathe master tru-set) is a decent quality. I purchased it from Mark Jacobs (mksj) when he upgraded to a Bison. Like many things out of Asia, luck of the draw and I must have got lucky with the 64 piece set. It only set me back $200.

I've posted this before but worth doing it again. The indicator was hardly flickering 1/2 a needle width under power.


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Spending $200 on the set allowed me to invest in other tooling so a no brainer for me.
The rack I was working on yesterday (80 hole) will live in the kneeling drawer for easy identification and out of the way when not needed.
The lathe/mill tooling cart build has been a long overdue, but still have a lot of work to complete.

Alan H showed a side by side of a Chinese and Japanese collet. The Chinese collet has a tiny shoulder allowing it to rest/seat nicely in the rack bore. The collets remain seated at 25º with the kneelingdrawer opened.

The CDCO collets also have internal threads that support a back gauge for multi piece run.
I Understand quality guys, I have more quality tools and machines than not, but sometimes it just makes sense to buy less expensive items if they perform. If I come across a collet that doesn't work I'll let you know but so far they're batting 1000.
Paco

Paco, that stand turned out awesome.

Glad to hear you're pleased with the CDCO collet set as I have been looking. I sure like the 5C Lathe master scroll chuck that you steered me towards. It's been working out very well.

Mike

Thanks Mike, glad the scroll chuck worked out for you. I love mine and waited too long to be without a 5C system. I have mksj to thank for that.
The support cart is far from done but getting closer. If your interested in details, take a look in the "members project forum".
Been toggling back and forth between the cart build and box & pan break restoration as parts/materials are on order.

I wanted to chime in my opinion on the 5C collets as I know many of us are on a budget, that being said, you never know what comes out of China but hopefully CDCO uses the same vender on a consistent basis. The collet threads quality aren't perfect but still engage/dis-enguage smoothly and the collets run true.

firestopper said:

The rack I was working on yesterday (80 hole) will live in the kneeling drawer for easy identification and out of the way when not needed.
The lathe/mill tooling cart build has been a long overdue, but still have a lot of work to complete.View attachment 247096View attachment 247097

Paco

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Paco, do you have any more pictures or a thread displaying this awesome looking storage cart of bench that you are fabbing? I would love to see more of it.

Mike

Sorry Paco, on edit I just noticed that you posted where I could see pictures. I forgot that member's project section was added.

Thanks again, I'll check it out.

woodrowm said:

Good morning - Hey does anyone have or have used the 5c Collet set that is sold by Quality Machine Tool, if so what is your opinion on the set?

Thanks,
Woodrow

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I have both the inch and metric sets and haven’t had any issues with any of them.

All this talk about 1/64" 5C sets, I broke down and purchased a set of used Hardinge 5C collets. Appears to be in pretty good condition. I have been using collets more and more since I purchased my 5C scroll chuck two years ago so between that and this thread I figured I would jump in with both feet.

Thanks guys. Thanks for helping me lighten my pockets a bit more.

Mike.

Mike do you have collet blocks for in the mill?