From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Snag"  wrote in message news:veq34c$2khi8$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 10/16/2024 10:37 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Snag"  wrote in message news:vepqs0$2jh1r$1@dont-email.me...   
   >    I'm happy if both flutes actually cut on a freehand grind . My DD only   
   > has a collet for up to 1/2" so ...   
   > Snag   
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   > I bought a separate DD 3/4" chuck which works in my 1/2" DD.   
      
   I considered it but I only have like 4 bits over 1/2" that I use and   
   those not all that often .   
   Snag   
      
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   My larger bits are mostly S&D with 1/2" shanks, so I made a 5C collet   
   tightening cap with a 1/2" alignment bushing to surface grind them in the   
   end mill fixture. I haven't yet dulled a bit larger than the 3/4" the DD   
   will accept to test it. Perhaps making it was good insurance I wouldn't need   
   to use it.   
      
   The cap and its spanner wrench were small enough for the goodie bag I took   
   to job interviews to show I have mechanical as well as electronic skills,   
   which helped get me into Segway. Being able to design and machine what I   
   wanted saved me from having to beg a mechanical engineer's assistance and   
   accept their idea of what the mainly electronic problem required, they would   
   make the often correct assumption that an electronic tech knew nothing of   
   mechanical design. Mitre and Segway let me charge for time in my home shop.   
      
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