Apprentice Collet Chuck?Who owns one,do you like it?

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I have some gift cert. for craft spply and want to gte a collet chuck.I see the appentice is $90 with 5 collets much cheaper then all the other collet chucks CS sells.I think I remember someone telling me that one of the collet chucks on the market use some odd ball collet that you can't buy easily?Thanks for youe advice,Victor
 
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It looks exactly the same as the one that I got from PSI.I really like it,I only use the 3/4 and 1/4 collets.I wonder how I got along without it!

Steve
 
Looks like the one from PSI. Just double check that it uses the ER-32 collets and you are good to go.

BTW, KBC Tool up on 18 Mile Rd has collets in all the sizes if you need more and want to get the m locally.
 
Victor, it's a good buy. Then after you get used to it, get the 18 piece set of collets from 800watts on ebay. Then you can hold anything round from 20mm down.
 
I just bought one about 3 weeks ago. Can't figure out what I did before that! It is fantastic for drilling blanks on the lathe.

I completely love it.
 
lorbay said:
dogcatcher said:
tim self said:
Victor, it's a good buy. Then after you get used to it, get the 18 piece set of collets from 800watts on ebay. Then you can hold anything round from 20mm down.
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800watts is no longer on EBay.
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Yes he is he is called. 2011amtools

Lin.
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2011amttools is also gone, it disappears shortly after the name change from 800watt. I had 2 items I was watching, EBay pulled them and he hasn't been back since Decemebr 6.
 
If you haven't ordered the one from CUSA yet, why not?? I have had mine since they brought them out and can't live without it. Great for drilling - Great for turning. Holds well - runs true. I used a friend's Beale and this one is just as good.
gordon
 
dogcatcher said:
lorbay said:
dogcatcher said:
tim self said:
Victor, it's a good buy. Then after you get used to it, get the 18 piece set of collets from 800watts on ebay. Then you can hold anything round from 20mm down.
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800watts is no longer on EBay.
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Yes he is he is called. 2011amtools

Lin.
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2011amttools is also gone, it disappears shortly after the name change from 800watt. I had 2 items I was watching, EBay pulled them and he hasn't been back since Decemebr 6.
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He has moved to Amazon.com. I guess Amazon takes a smaller "bite" than Feebay:)
Just type in er32 collet in the Amazon search.
Here's his link on Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...?ie=UTF8&qid=1325042331&sr=8-17&condition=new
 
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PenMan1 said:
dogcatcher said:
lorbay said:
dogcatcher said:
tim self said:
Victor, it's a good buy. Then after you get used to it, get the 18 piece set of collets from 800watts on ebay. Then you can hold anything round from 20mm down.
Click to expand...

800watts is no longer on EBay.
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Yes he is he is called. 2011amtools

Lin.
Click to expand...

2011amttools is also gone, it disappears shortly after the name change from 800watt. I had 2 items I was watching, EBay pulled them and he hasn't been back since Decemebr 6.
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He has moved to Amazon.com. I guess Amazon takes a smaller "bite" than Feebay:)
Just type in er32 collet in the Amazon search.
Here's his link on Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...?ie=UTF8&qid=1325042331&sr=8-17&condition=new
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He's also selling from his own site. I'll try to dig up it's name.
 
Wholesale tool main store and warehouse has the ER32 collets too And start under $20.00 bucks each.
Wholesale Tool Company
12155 Stephens Dr.
P.O. Box 68
Warren, MI 48090-0068
Closer to you, no connection only a long time satisfied customer
wttool.com
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PTsideshow said:
Wholesale tool main store and warehouse has the ER32 collets too And start under $20.00 bucks each.
Wholesale Tool Company
12155 Stephens Dr.
P.O. Box 68
Warren, MI 48090-0068
Closer to you, no connection only a long time satisfied customer
wttool.com
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$20 for each collet gets expensive very quickly.
 
sbell111 said:
PTsideshow said:
Wholesale tool main store and warehouse has the ER32 collets too And start under $20.00 bucks each.
Wholesale Tool Company
12155 Stephens Dr.
P.O. Box 68
Warren, MI 48090-0068
Closer to you, no connection only a long time satisfied customer
wttool.com
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$20 for each collet gets expensive very quickly.
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Not when other companies are charging, $35.00 and up for the same import collets. This way you can start out with the chuck for the wood lathe and get the collet you need, as you need them.
If you can get a set that covers the sizes you need and want to pay the amount. then that is an option too.
The collet chucks for most metal lathers have slightly different set up than the common import wood lathes no matter what name is on them.
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PTsideshow said:
sbell111 said:
PTsideshow said:
Wholesale tool main store and warehouse has the ER32 collets too And start under $20.00 bucks each.
Wholesale Tool Company
12155 Stephens Dr.
P.O. Box 68
Warren, MI 48090-0068
Closer to you, no connection only a long time satisfied customer
wttool.com
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$20 for each collet gets expensive very quickly.
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Not when other companies are charging, $35.00 and up for the same import collets. This way you can start out with the chuck for the wood lathe and get the collet you need, as you need them.
If you can get a set that covers the sizes you need and want to pay the amount. then that is an option too.
The collet chucks for most metal lathers have slightly different set up than the common import wood lathes no matter what name is on them.
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If you are only ever going to need a couple of collets, you are correct that it is better to buy them individually. However, if there is a chance that a person will need more than a few, then he would be better off buying the full set of 18 for around a hundred bucks.
 
Has anybody bought from this outfit, since the description of their tools seems to leave something lacking, like any information about the tool itself?
I have never heard of this outfit, and being on so many machining/fabricating forums I would have thought that I would have.
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If you are talking about Eight Hundred Watt,AMtools (hard point industries). They are GREAT! And ER32 chucks are "standard", so there should be no real difference in quality.

I have one ER32 made in the USA, all my others are Chinese. They all work the same and seem to be the same quality.

In fact, I just five minutes ago placed another order with them.
 
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Ton's of people have bought from him. It's the same guy from Ebay. Never heard anything bad about him.
 
sbell111 said:
PTsideshow said:
Ok, Don't do Ebay any more as some times its hard to tell who the bigger rip off's are the people selling or Ebay themselves.
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A forum search will find thread after thread praising this seller spanning years.
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I don't doubt he has, not having been on this forum long I had not seen or heard of the name/names. It is my opinion about ebay having had issues that they wouldn't resolve with other than buyer be ware! And some storytellers of sellers, with the complaints rising on both it is a bonus that he has a stand alone web site
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