• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

Making 5C Collet Block Nuts

terry_g

terry_g

Ultra Member
The collet block set I ordered the nut was too big to fit in the bore of my 3 jaw chuck. Making a smaller one was the next project.
1.JPG


The 5C collets have an odd sized thread 1.238" x 20 the nuts that came with the collet set measured 1.180" ID. So I turned a piece
that would fit the chuck bore with an ID of 1.180" and single pointed 20 threads per inch in it. I made the part long enough to make
several nuts.
2.JPG


Next I made two cuts with the metal saw. I clamp them in a length of angle iron with a previous cut in it for the saw blade. I think I cut more on the opposite side of the blade than I do in the vice.
4.JPG


Canadian Tire had G96 cold bluing on sale for half price a couple months ago so I bought all four that they had. Its one of the better cold bluing's that I have used.
5.JPG

The end result. The block now butts up against the chuck so its gripped more securely. It probably did not matter as most of the work done in a
collet block is going to be small diameter and light cuts. It was just my OCD kicking in again.
IMG_3177.JPG
 
What is the bore of your lathe? Could you use a drawbar instead of the nut? Easier to use, since you don’t have to remove the block to change collets.


IMG_6887.jpeg
 
I love making stuff out of the scrap pile. Fortunately I have been able to access a pretty good scrap pile from time to time. Might be time to swing by and see if I am worthy of another shopping spree. Got a bunch of hydraulic pumps, valves and motors on my last spree.
 
I noticed a big plastic bin at the front door of a tool and die maker. I keep thinking maybe it's a drop box for cutoffs..... I need to take a look someday and maybe go in for a quick visit.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top