[modeleng] Re: Identifying collet chucks
- From: "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:11:38 +0100
Thanks for this Ron. The lathe is a Myford, and probably so are the collets.
I had not thought of them selling their own though, I must admit. At these
prices, however, I strongly suspect that I will be buying the draw bar type
instead!
Tony.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Head" <ron.head@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 7:06 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Identifying collet chucks
> Hi Tony
>
> They sound like ordinary Myford collets to me. For some reason they are
> like gold dust, new ones are around 25 pounds each and you won't pick up
> secondhand ones for under 15 pounds unless you are very lucky. Myford
> never
> seem to have any on their stand. A complete set of Myford collets in the
> original box, secondhand will set you back around 300 pounds, if you can
> find one - they sometimes come up on eBay.
>
> Regards
> Ron
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