From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vnp9i2$sm3o$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   ... I'll mostly run standard 5C collets, but   
   having a chuck may save the day at some point.  The lathe did also come   
   with an unused/uncut pie collet.  I'm not sure if I am looking forward   
   to the day when that is the answer to a problem or not.   
      
   --   
   Bob La Londe   
   CNC Molds N Stuff   
      
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   My limited experience with 5C pot collets is that all but the shortest   
   tubing, bushings etc should be held in axially as well by the tailstock,   
   perhaps with a pipe center or large fender washer, and trimmed to length in   
   the better restrained grip of a 6-jaw. I save hole saw and Greenlee cutouts   
   for such purposes.   
      
   I was given a "Precise SC 42" CNC spindle by a scrap dealer. Fischer USA   
   emailed me the manual for it, which assumes it's connected to their   
   controller and doesn't mention the motor drive specs. Do you have any   
   experience or suggestions concerning their electrical requirements? I'd be   
   mounting it on the lathe in a milling attachment to do the indexed milling /   
   drilling on large chucked work that I presently do on smaller pieces in a   
   collet fixture on the mill.   
      
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