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I've been doing searches for a while to find R8 square collets to be able to chuck up square lathe bits in my import tool grinder. Obviously it uses R8 collets and have been trying to minimize the collection of different collets as R8 is what my mill drill is. I found out the only collet that seems to come in square is 5c. But I'd never delved into Alibaba and related searches because I was under the impression it's for business only and there are min orders from 10 to 100 pieces.
I did a search on Alibaba and sure enough there were several different co's making square and even hex R8 collets. One outfit had a five piece set, 1/8",1/4",5/16",3/8",1/2". This is exactly what I've been looking for. Now why nobody stocks this I don't know, too specialized?
I guess my question is it sounds like some of you have dealt with these sites like Alibaba and aliexpress direct from China. This says 10piece min. Does this mean I'd have to order two sets of five making 10 pieces or ten sets? Would anybody else want to go in together to buy some pieces?
I did a search on Alibaba and sure enough there were several different co's making square and even hex R8 collets. One outfit had a five piece set, 1/8",1/4",5/16",3/8",1/2". This is exactly what I've been looking for. Now why nobody stocks this I don't know, too specialized?
I guess my question is it sounds like some of you have dealt with these sites like Alibaba and aliexpress direct from China. This says 10piece min. Does this mean I'd have to order two sets of five making 10 pieces or ten sets? Would anybody else want to go in together to buy some pieces?