er-32 collet compatibility

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cbatzi01

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Hi,

I have the woodcraft collet chuck, but the largest collet size is 5/8". Does anyone know if er-32 collets are interchangeable/standard size? I'd like to find some larger collets, but want to make sure they'll fit in my chuck. Any thoughts?

Thanks!
Chris
 
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This question has come up several times before and it is my understanding that the Woodcraft chuck uses a proprietary collet and none of the ER series of collets will fit it.
 
I can't believe that Woodcraft would use collets made just for them. My money is being bet that the Woodcraft collet system uses one of the industry standard collets...ER 32, 16, 11, 25...maybe one of them but I just cant see them spending the $$ to have some "fit the WC chuck only" collets made. I'm banking on someone here knowing for sure.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
 
Glad I didn't bet a lot of money. It still makes no sense that the collets aren't some standard size. Anywhoo...one more reason that I purchase only stuff that is industry standard such as the Beall, the Axminister collet chuck and the PSI system which I believe to be ER32. But, I could be wrong once again. I've not been very lucky lately.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
Randy_ said:
Don: Take a look at this thread.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42871
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Don: I agree that it doesn't make much sense; but the Western mind and the Eastern mind frequentlyt approach problems from diffferent directions. All you have to do is look at the lack of standardization in pen kits to get a clue.

You are correct about the collets for the PSI chuck and, as I recall, the Axminster Jr. chuck takes ER20 collets.
 
cbatzi01 said:
Hi,

I have the woodcraft collet chuck, but the largest collet size is 5/8". Does anyone know if er-32 collets are interchangeable/standard size? I'd like to find some larger collets, but want to make sure they'll fit in my chuck. Any thoughts?

Thanks!
Chris
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My thought is that if you haven't had the set long, return it to Woodcraft and get your money back then go buy a collet set that accepts er collets, preferrably er-32 which has a nice range of collets.
 
Texatdurango said:
My thought is that if you haven't had the set long, return it to Woodcraft and get your money back then go buy a collet set that accepts er collets, preferrably er-32 which has a nice range of collets.
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Or, go get another lathe and a set of standard collets and use em both!

Tom
 
I have had them for a while, but never really used them, until I started trying to make a kitless/closed ended pen.

To complicate matters, I have been battling concentricity issues, that I haven't been able to solve for months. I have been handsanding as a workaround. Really came to a head when drilling on the lathe with kitless barrell, in the collet chuck.

JET support finally told me to join the local turning club and ask them for help.

Thanks for your help, guys!
 
800 watt

i can not find 800 watt on e-bay
is thre a more complete name?
thanks for any help. victor
 
Not sure what the problem is??

Put the word "collets" in the search box and then click on the advanced search button and plug in "800watt" for the seller and you should get what you are looking for.
 
That probably won't help much. It is the store for Australia and all prices are in Australian currency and shipping is priced for international mail to Australia.
 
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