Collet block can be used on milling machine, lathes, grinders, and just about anything you can image. In the video I explore one of these possibly in the mill. I hope you enjoy.
Dale you are human and every now again a mistake pops up. I still think your a brilliant machinist that gives up his time to teach others. Keep up the vids they are great.
Dale, I greatly appreciated this video, as I was doing this exact process over the winter break and it helped immensely. Keep up the great work with ALL of your videos.
I have a spindexer that I was going to use Tom Lipton's modification to create my own index plates before I got a rotary table with plates. It is handy for setting up in the vise and indexing 90 degrees for square and 60 degrees for hex. Another option for your viewers. Good job Dale, watch all you tips and have learned a ton. Keep them coming
I have been looking at these deciding what to buy. I am a confessed "Tool Hoarder". I love your channel. You get to the point and explain things in a timely manner. Most channels are 40-50 mins of just rambling. Keep up the great work Dale.
I love how you beat the 'trolls' to the punch line!! I subscribed! I am a machinist too and actually learned a few things here, especially making a radius with a dowel pin. This is what CZcams is for, sharing, learning and straight to the point. Your work shop is so well organized and clean, I like it!!
Yes I can thoroughly recommend these Blocks - fell over the concept recently - using R32 & R40 Collets - Have now 2 sets and already had great enjoyment in the easy repeatability from using them. ( Stevenson's Blocks ) Enjoy your take on the jobs you do. thanks
I have a set of 5C and many ER32s used on a CNC router. Been looking at the blocks but leary of Chinese and have too many wants to buy professional level. Metal is my hobby, wood my business. We replace our ER collets every year, they wear with constant use, heating/cooling, side loads, 16,000 rpm. Thanks for the great videos.
I'm a journeyman machinist of 40 years service and you did good. Years ago on my Bridgeport days I used one often, but sometimes they want a slot or flat on a few surfaces, so this was your preferred tool. You can use the block in a lathe too if your work is to be held properly without creating clamping marks on the finished surfaces.
I enjoy your video's, Mr Pete222, Keith ,Rucker and Abom79. Some of the other guys are really trying to entertain to hard. I'm a novice who inherited a lathe and mill from my older brother. I'm 60 and not ready to die yet and want to learn I enjoyed learning about the collet block. I thought you only had a v shaped vise to hold round things. Many thanks, I haven't found that amoung the tooling yet.. But in know what to look for now, Thank you.
It's a good way to make rectangles! Kudos to you for leaving it in. If it was me it would be the last thing I was trying to do, scrapping hours of work!
XD... on purpose... For many machinist channels that i subscribed to, yours is the most informative on machining related... I learn alot from you Dale. Thank you. Because I'm having night classes on Laser and Tooling course, most of what they teach is very basic, not as much as your channel... so I'm so happy to find your channel.
I've been watching a LOT of machinist's channels here recently, yours is as good as it gets. It's good to see that others make my kind of mistake. I had a boss tell me one time, 'measure twice, cut once'. lol I still made mistakes ... Thank you, sir!
Great comment! Wish I could show you all the mistakes I'm make on a project, but I would have to change the name of my channel to "Metal bloops and blunders" LOL
Very fast and efficient set up! I liked seeing your mistake on this one. It shows even the pros can make mistakes! Your videos are very helpful! Thanks for your time doing these videos for all of us!
Just found your channel, Subbed and a thumbs up. I am fairly new to machine shop work. Good clear videos. I use a collet block and a collet stop for repeatability on parts all the time. One of my favorite tools, I will be indicating the shops block to see how good they are as they are well used and battle worn.
Thanks, Dale You are my go to, for 'How To', as I learn about setting up and using my first lathe, (at 65). I've been exploring collets, and I saw these little square and hex suckers, and wondered why I might need them. You have, as usual, explained it clearly, and concisely. You did throw me a curve when you said the hex holder would go into your grinding room. If that because it was so well done, you want to keep it as a reference? Or another reason? Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and experience. And, espcially, thanks for all the work it takes to put together vids as well produced as yours... As far as the 'mistake', you really need to remember to engage 'Hear-O-Vision' before you start recording, then when you are about to eff up, you can hear us yelling at you! LOL Regards
Another great video. I appreciate very much that you do machining that is to the point without the superfluous meanderings which have become the norm for CZcams machining videos. Excellent background lighting, camera angles, audio and video editing. Maybe a little more foreground lighting. Safety trolls aren't whining about repositioning the part with the machine on. Metal Tips and Tricks is becoming a premiere CZcams channel for hobby machinists. Thank you for creating this great content!
another great episode that I just revisited. as a suggestion it may be of benefit to outline the possible or common mistakes that occur in the various machining processes. like when you (intentionally) rotated the collet block initially on a flat and then onto a corner. these type of examples are great for the budding home machinist.
As one of your many hobby machinist students, it's nice to see the teacher make a mistake once in a while = ) makes me feel better about the half dozen I've made today.
Another great one with the whoops exposed so we can learn why you have to pay attention to every step in the shop. It may just be me, but I rarely forget the reasons for mistakes, as opposed to the luck buried in first time success. Thanks Dale
Thx for the video Dale. I have a set of ER32 blocks that I made a while ago. They really come in handy for quick jobs such as just running a flat for a grub screw or multiples of, on a shaft. regards from the UK
LOL... I really don't know it was on purpose or not but I like the information and the way you delivered it. Everything well planned... so, liked and subbed.
Your video are enjoyable to watch because of the right degree of coverage: close-up when it needs to be, wide when talking to the camera. I know editing multiple cameras is tedious but know it makes for a much more enjoyable viewing experience. Thanks!
Hi Dale, it appears that either no troll has surfaced yet or they failed to catch the troll bait, which not clearing the vice and collet block of any chips or foreign material each time you rotated the setup, which is important for accuracy. Anyway, great job producing a simple and easy to comprehend explanation of collets and collet blocks. Thanks for sharing!
Good video as always Dale. And nice to see some one running an accuracy test on the tooling. I usually won't buy anything for the shop unless there's some kind of + - accuracy specification given. The off shore tooling is getting better in most cases, but the bottom priced stuff can still be pretty bad at times. But mistakes can even creep in on the top drawer equipment. If you don't test then there's no way to know you got everything you paid for, or that you just may have made a mistake and not paid enough.
Great lively video, as ever Dale! Keep them coming, I have much to learn. Trolls would probably complain that even though you left the mill running while moving the fixture around, we didn't get to see any mincemeat or claret! ;)
I don't do any machining so I love your "warts and all" explanations- I'm also new to the channel so I'd love a beginners guide to the machinery - what the parts are called and what they do etc. I'd also like to hear what the restrictions of the various methods used are (if any) Great audio and camera angles too - this can be an issue I've had with other channels- Other wise I'd love to see projects that utilise all your tips and tricks :0) Keep up the great videos!
Dale , love your videos they are really simple to understand and informative. I just got a set of collett blocks and was wondering what purpose the set screw serves, looks like you removed yours in this video. Now i also need to make a spanner for the lock nuts.
Thanks Dale for this video, I am planning to machine my own collet blocks since I can't find them for R8.My metal is brass (Hex), and aluminum for the square.
Nice simple method as you stated. I have done the same not locating the block at the desired flat, its easy to do. Keep the videos coming and blow off the negative input. Some people have to be negative, miserable to be happy ???
Good video once again, Dale. I did have to laugh at the mistake, especially because you'd just decided to throw caution to the wind. That always makes it hurt twice as much when it happens to me! :-)
Great vid, many times I've debated witch surface to register to the vice jaws. Do you mate the flats of the collet block to the vice jaws for maximum holding or the flats of the collet block to the bed of the vice to easily achieve a perpendicular cut????? I've utilized both methods without loosing an eye or spoiling the work. I've used collet blocks along with sine bars, angle blocks and stood them up on end and using a work stop, drilled bolt hole circle on the end of a 1" shaft (worked great)! They also have their uses on the lathe, like in three jaw and four jaw chucks. And of coarse on the grinder. A very affordable, versatile and overlooked tool. Looking forward to you next vid. Thanks Andrew p
Enjoyed this video. I think it's maybe worth at least mentioning that with 5C collets you can use a collet stop, which is really helpful when you have to reference off the end of the object that's in the collet. It also seems like a pretty easy thing to fabricate, which might make a nice video of its own, if you are looking for project suggestions? I spent a while suffering without one, I think it might be one of the best spent ten dollars in my shop, or certainly not the worst!
Clamping or referencing the work in a sharp edge is what I don't like about hex collet blocks. I will make a 12 sides collet block, I think will be more usefull. You can clamp in a flat surface, plus being able to index 2, 3, 4 (although I already have a 4 side collet block), 6 and 12 sides.By the way I prefer ER collet blocks, ER collets are more common here in Europe than 5C, and you can use the protruding nut to index the block.
Nicely done Dale. Again, a subject I find very interesting, since I don't have collet chucks yet and have been thinking about get those two. I thought about making them, but KBC stopped me... :-) Cheers and thanks, Daniel.
Great Visio Dale . Only comment I have is 0.72" is just a might bigger than 0.072". My problem also in saying what I men. As momma use to say, "You know what I meant to say" :-). I do enjoy your videos.
Great video that''s going to help me make my Harbor Freight mini mill, be a "poor man's lathe". With the hex block I'll be able to machine a smaller bolt head on an existing grade 8 3/4" shoulder bolt. The problem I had was machining the run out of the shoulder for the 4 jaw chuck adapter plate. I needed the bolt head still attached to wrench it onto the adapter plate. The bolt is quite long, and I have no way of keeping the bolt centered with a live center as it's a mini mill, not a lathe. The Spindle head is my moving carriage so to speak. I then have to machine the adapter plate with precision so it fits into the 4 jaw chuck I purchased a QCTP from Grizzly, and a Slotted Angle Plate to attach the QTCP to the mill's table, to hold tooling. But now being able to cut off the existing bolt head with the length I need for the shaft and smaller bolt head to fit inside the R8 collet, will increase the accuracy for the 4 jaw self aligning chuck. This all had me pondering as to how I was going to make this accurate, as the length is 6 inches. Seeing this video saved the day! I don't have the money to buy a lathe so this was the next best thing. Believe it or not, I'm going to use the lathe chuck to do accurate letter stamping on an invention and some parts I'll be making. Hope this all makes sense. Thought I'd leave a positive comment, and build something cool too! Hope this is a bit clearer than mud. But just had to write you to let you know, ya never know what you pick up, and will later apply it down the road. Keep up the good wotk Dale!
This is exactly what I was looking for - thanks for posting. Question - I guess it doesn’t matter what your starting diameter is as the size of the hex head is dictated by the depth of each cut?
Great video. I am a welder by trade but have also developed a passion for the lathe. The funny thing is a week ago I bought an assortments of lathe tools on eBay and had the collect blocks and locking rings in it that your video was on. At the time being a new-be to the lathe was not sure what they were. Thanks for CZcams. Now knowing what they are and how useful they can be I need to buy collects to go with them. I have a South Ben 9" lathe. Any thoughts on sizes to start off with and a company to purchase them through. Great video. Will be a new subscriber.
Hi Sharon. Go on eBay and by a set that is in increments of 16th of an inch. The cheap Chinese ones are just fine. I would rather have new Chinese set then Worn out brand name ones like South Bend or Hardinge.
i was really enjoy your machining video, especially I learn lathe milling benchwork since I was high school student, every video from you always can gave me another thinking in machining, could you share the name of Taiwan manufacturers for collect block? thank you
nice video, love that pro's make goofs too; but as you didn't show how you installed the rod in the collet block, how do we know how tight you are to "wrench" on the fastener of the collet block (ie: 12 in/lb or 20 ft/lb) -and do we need to use a torque wrench or will a 5 inch breaker bar do the trick.
Dale you are human and every now again a mistake pops up. I still think your a brilliant machinist that gives up his time to teach others. Keep up the vids they are great.
I Didn't know what a collet block was even though I've been using collets for at least a couple of years now. Thanks for the video.
Just found your site. Excellent. Delivery and content. I’m a rookie. Just getting started. Thanks
Thank you Dale. We watch you here in Nicaragua also. We love your tips and tricks. God bless!
Dale, I greatly appreciated this video, as I was doing this exact process over the winter break and it helped immensely. Keep up the great work with ALL of your videos.
Great resume on the subject Dale.
Thanks for honesty with the mistake... made a good point.
+ChrisB257
Im glade you liked it
I have a spindexer that I was going to use Tom Lipton's modification to create my own index plates before I got a rotary table with plates. It is handy for setting up in the vise and indexing 90 degrees for square and 60 degrees for hex. Another option for your viewers. Good job Dale, watch all you tips and have learned a ton. Keep them coming
I have been looking at these deciding what to buy. I am a confessed "Tool Hoarder". I love your channel. You get to the point and explain things in a timely manner. Most channels are 40-50 mins of just rambling. Keep up the great work Dale.
Thank you for the video Dale. I love the clarity and simplicity of your videos. Never stop teaching, Never stop learning.
+biophylia
Thanks for your encouraging words
I concur with a lot of the folks who have commented about how well your videos are made, nice job Dale, keep it up.
Collet blocks weigh a lot less than a rotary table! Great idea. Thanks for the video.
+hamsoftware
That a real good point
I love how you beat the 'trolls' to the punch line!! I subscribed! I am a machinist too and actually learned a few things here, especially making a radius with a dowel pin. This is what CZcams is for, sharing, learning and straight to the point. Your work shop is so well organized and clean, I like it!!
I want you to know the huge value you always bring to these lessons, I am in your debt
+Mert Silliker
Thank you very much ;-)
Yes I can thoroughly recommend these Blocks - fell over the concept recently - using R32 & R40 Collets - Have now 2 sets and already had great enjoyment in the easy repeatability from using them. ( Stevenson's Blocks ) Enjoy your take on the jobs you do. thanks
I have a set of 5C and many ER32s used on a CNC router. Been looking at the blocks but leary of Chinese and have too many wants to buy professional level. Metal is my hobby, wood my business. We replace our ER collets every year, they wear with constant use, heating/cooling, side loads, 16,000 rpm. Thanks for the great videos.
I'm a journeyman machinist of 40 years service and you did good. Years ago on my Bridgeport days I used one often, but sometimes they want a slot or flat on a few surfaces, so this was your preferred tool. You can use the block in a lathe too if your work is to be held properly without creating clamping marks on the finished surfaces.
Great vid, I was thinking of investing in a set of collet blocks, this vid has sealed the deal, just ordered them after watching :)
Kudos for keeping the mistakes in!. Happens to the best of us.
Thanks from the UK. Keep them coming.
+SamBell
I glade you like it.LOL
Now I don't know why am I so happy to see your content using the Manual ❤️ Milling Machine , I just found your channel I am subscribed
I enjoy your video's, Mr Pete222, Keith ,Rucker and Abom79. Some of the other guys are really trying to entertain to hard. I'm a novice who inherited a lathe and mill from my older brother. I'm 60 and not ready to die yet and want to learn I enjoyed learning about the collet block. I thought you only had a v shaped vise to hold round things. Many thanks, I haven't found that amoung the tooling yet.. But in know what to look for now, Thank you.
thank you , now i know i'm not the only one to have thought lapses in the middle of a project , love your channel
+Larry Proctor
Thanks
It's a good way to make rectangles! Kudos to you for leaving it in. If it was me it would be the last thing I was trying to do, scrapping hours of work!
XD... on purpose... For many machinist channels that i subscribed to, yours is the most informative on machining related... I learn alot from you Dale. Thank you. Because I'm having night classes on Laser and Tooling course, most of what they teach is very basic, not as much as your channel... so I'm so happy to find your channel.
Im so glad you like what I do. Thanks for taking the time to write me. :-)
I've been watching a LOT of machinist's channels here recently, yours is as good as it gets. It's good to see that others make my kind of mistake. I had a boss tell me one time, 'measure twice, cut once'. lol I still made mistakes ...
Thank you, sir!
Great comment! Wish I could show you all the mistakes I'm make on a project, but I would have to change the name of my channel to "Metal bloops and blunders" LOL
I know about collet blocks but never got around to buying one. Great informative video, and your human as well pre CNC.
Very fast and efficient set up! I liked seeing your mistake on this one. It shows even the pros can make mistakes! Your videos are very helpful! Thanks for your time doing these videos for all of us!
+ALWAYSPDG
IM glade you like it
Just found your Channel Dale. Enjoying it so far although this could prove expensive. Just ordered a Collet Block set.
Just found your channel, Subbed and a thumbs up. I am fairly new to machine shop work. Good clear videos. I use a collet block and a collet stop for repeatability on parts all the time. One of my favorite tools, I will be indicating the shops block to see how good they are as they are well used and battle worn.
Hey mate I have a Bridgeport 8 mill in Australia and am glade to see someone else using one hard to get adaptors in Aus love watching your vids
I like your videos. About 2 days ago I was thinking to buy a set for myself, I think I will soon just to have a set . They can be very handy.
Great video Dale! I must be a nerd to be this excited about a collet video! I loved the lead in music and sound fx also!
+Dustin Masters
Im glad you like it.
Thanks, Dale
You are my go to, for 'How To', as I learn about setting up and using my first lathe, (at 65).
I've been exploring collets, and I saw these little square and hex suckers, and wondered why I might need them. You have, as usual, explained it clearly, and concisely.
You did throw me a curve when you said the hex holder would go into your grinding room. If that because it was so well done, you want to keep it as a reference? Or another reason?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and experience. And, espcially, thanks for all the work it takes to put together vids as well produced as yours...
As far as the 'mistake', you really need to remember to engage 'Hear-O-Vision' before you start recording, then when you are about to eff up, you can hear us yelling at you! LOL
Regards
Always something worthwhile from you. Thank you, I’m going to measure mine which are identical to yours.
Your vedios are my favourite. Thanks, Dale.
I don't even know a tenth of what you know about metalworks so great job!
Love your videos and your teaching style. Very informative sir!
+Joey Cloninger
thanks
I really enjoy the simplicity of your videos. Keep up the good work.
+MrMarcaap Thanks
You are one more friend on my list...many thanks for the great explanations.
Another great video. I appreciate very much that you do machining that is to the point without the superfluous meanderings which have become the norm for CZcams machining videos.
Excellent background lighting, camera angles, audio and video editing. Maybe a little more foreground lighting.
Safety trolls aren't whining about repositioning the part with the machine on.
Metal Tips and Tricks is becoming a premiere CZcams channel for hobby machinists. Thank you for creating this great content!
+Richard Getso
Thanks for your kind words. They motivate me to make more videos:-)
Thanks dale, always great watching and good info. Keep making videos.
+joseph sebesta
:-)
Making mistakes is all about the learning process, hell I've made thousands! Really enjoy your vids Dale, Thank You!
Nice explanation--One of the next purchases I'm going to make.
+Rick Rose
:-)
another great episode that I just revisited.
as a suggestion it may be of benefit to outline the possible or common mistakes that occur in the various machining processes. like when you (intentionally) rotated the collet block initially on a flat and then onto a corner. these type of examples are great for the budding home machinist.
great suggestion. See what I can do.
As one of your many hobby machinist students, it's nice to see the teacher make a mistake once in a while = ) makes me feel better about the half dozen I've made today.
Easy watching. Great stuff.Thanks!
Very helpful, and entertaining. Thank you.
Good stuff, Dale. Now I see how a collet block can be used. Beats setting up a spacer or rotary table for small parts.
+Cavemannspace
Im glad you liked it
Thanks! Another very well done video!
Another great one with the whoops exposed so we can learn why you have to pay attention to every step in the shop. It may just be me, but I rarely forget the reasons for mistakes, as opposed to the luck buried in first time success. Thanks Dale
+Joel L
Great comment. :-)
Thx for the video Dale. I have a set of ER32 blocks that I made a while ago. They really come in handy for quick jobs such as just running a flat for a grub screw or multiples of, on a shaft. regards from the UK
+Gary C
That very cool that for sharing
Nice refresher Dale,Thanks!
+Razor Works Thanks
LOL... I really don't know it was on purpose or not but I like the information and the way you delivered it. Everything well planned... so, liked and subbed.
thans for your comment
Your video are enjoyable to watch because of the right degree of coverage: close-up when it needs to be, wide when talking to the camera. I know editing multiple cameras is tedious but know it makes for a much more enjoyable viewing experience.
Thanks!
+davecc0000
Thanks for noticing:-)
Great video! Good to see that the experts make mistakes as wel...... Please keep the posts comming.
+Peter Duckett
Thank you
Great vid with positive vibes
Hi Dale, it appears that either no troll has surfaced yet or they failed to catch the troll bait, which not clearing the vice and collet block of any chips or foreign material each time you rotated the setup, which is important for accuracy. Anyway, great job producing a simple and easy to comprehend explanation of collets and collet blocks. Thanks for sharing!
+Jeffrey Vastine
Good job find the troll food.
Good video as always Dale. And nice to see some one running an accuracy test on the tooling. I usually won't buy anything for the shop unless there's some kind of + - accuracy specification given. The off shore tooling is getting better in most cases, but the bottom priced stuff can still be pretty bad at times. But mistakes can even creep in on the top drawer equipment. If you don't test then there's no way to know you got everything you paid for, or that you just may have made a mistake and not paid enough.
+Turning Point
great point
I enjoy your easy way of doing things
good info + cool style = successful channel... :)
Thanks for another great learning video
Great lively video, as ever Dale! Keep them coming, I have much to learn. Trolls would probably complain that even though you left the mill running while moving the fixture around, we didn't get to see any mincemeat or claret! ;)
+Kosmos Horology
you found the toll food, good job.
very good video, like the attention to details
+Ed Ginsberg
Thanks
I saw it sitting on corner before cut. I have learned yelling at PC will not stop things... LOL Nice video Sir. Keep up the good work!
+Stacy Simon Yup, I yelled too but he did not hear me either! LOL
lol, same here, I was like NOOOO WAAAAAAIT
We all must have faulty computers as he didn't hear me as well.
I needed one of those last week. ended up making a square head on my new drawbar for my old Kearney and Trecker.
I don't do any machining so I love your "warts and all" explanations- I'm also new to the channel so I'd love a beginners guide to the machinery - what the parts are called and what they do etc. I'd also like to hear what the restrictions of the various methods used are (if any)
Great audio and camera angles too - this can be an issue I've had with other channels-
Other wise I'd love to see projects that utilise all your tips and tricks :0)
Keep up the great videos!
+J Thing
Thanks for your input. I ll see what I can do.
Excellent - much appreciated!
+Newmachinist
Thanks
Keep up the good work dale,,
Dale , love your videos they are really simple to understand and informative. I just got a set of collett blocks and was wondering what purpose the set screw serves, looks like you removed yours in this video. Now i also need to make a spanner for the lock nuts.
thanks man. such a wonderful ideas
Thanks Dale for this video, I am planning to machine my own collet blocks since I can't find them for R8.My metal is brass (Hex), and aluminum for the square.
+Mike's machine shop
It will be fun to see how they turn out.
Awesome, good info for sure.
Enjoyed, keep up the good work....
Thanks, I will😀
Nice simple method as you stated. I have done the same not locating the block at the desired flat, its easy to do. Keep the videos coming and blow off the negative input. Some people have to be negative, miserable to be happy ???
+joe miller
thanks
Good video once again, Dale. I did have to laugh at the mistake, especially because you'd just decided to throw caution to the wind. That always makes it hurt twice as much when it happens to me! :-)
+ArtemiaSalina
LoL
I enjoy it all Dale
Superb explanation.
nice one Dale, new way to make square nuts!
+Bob Shepherd
:-)
Great vid, many times I've debated witch surface to register to the vice jaws. Do you mate the flats of the collet block to the vice jaws for maximum holding or the flats of the collet block to the bed of the vice to easily achieve a perpendicular cut????? I've utilized both methods without loosing an eye or spoiling the work. I've used collet blocks along with sine bars, angle blocks and stood them up on end and using a work stop, drilled bolt hole circle on the end of a 1" shaft (worked great)! They also have their uses on the lathe, like in three jaw and four jaw chucks. And of coarse on the grinder. A very affordable, versatile and overlooked tool. Looking forward to you next vid.
Thanks
Andrew p
+Andrew Podaca
Thanks for your comment, great points
Enjoyed this video. I think it's maybe worth at least mentioning that with 5C collets you can use a collet stop, which is really helpful when you have to reference off the end of the object that's in the collet. It also seems like a pretty easy thing to fabricate, which might make a nice video of its own, if you are looking for project suggestions? I spent a while suffering without one, I think it might be one of the best spent ten dollars in my shop, or certainly not the worst!
Thanks for the training.
Clamping or referencing the work in a sharp edge is what I don't like about hex collet blocks. I will make a 12 sides collet block, I think will be more usefull. You can clamp in a flat surface, plus being able to index 2, 3, 4 (although I already have a 4 side collet block), 6 and 12 sides.By the way I prefer ER collet blocks, ER collets are more common here in Europe than 5C, and you can use the protruding nut to index the block.
Thanks for the explanation of this tool.
+celso mascarenhas
Im glade you liked it
Another great video!
Thanks Robert
great video! much appreciated! I'm gonna get me a set.
Good tutorial. Thank you and keep on.
+Apuk Eldar
thanks
Nicely done Dale. Again, a subject I find very interesting, since I don't have collet chucks yet and have been thinking about get those two. I thought about making them, but KBC stopped me... :-) Cheers and thanks, Daniel.
+Daniel Werger
:-)
Great video! Thanks!
great, enjoyed
Great video ty.😁
Great Visio Dale . Only comment I have is 0.72" is just a might bigger than 0.072". My problem also in saying what I men. As momma use to say, "You know what I meant to say" :-). I do enjoy your videos.
+ww_big_al
LOL
Great video that''s going to help me make my Harbor Freight mini mill, be a "poor man's lathe". With the hex block I'll be able to machine a smaller bolt head on an existing grade 8 3/4" shoulder bolt. The problem I had was machining the run out of the shoulder for the 4 jaw chuck adapter plate. I needed the bolt head still attached to wrench it onto the adapter plate. The bolt is quite long, and I have no way of keeping the bolt centered with a live center as it's a mini mill, not a lathe. The Spindle head is my moving carriage so to speak.
I then have to machine the adapter plate with precision so it fits into the 4 jaw chuck
I purchased a QCTP from Grizzly, and a Slotted Angle Plate to attach the QTCP to the mill's table, to hold tooling.
But now being able to cut off the existing bolt head with the length I need for the shaft and smaller bolt head to fit inside the R8 collet, will increase the accuracy for the 4 jaw self aligning chuck. This all had me pondering as to how I was going to make this accurate, as the length is 6 inches.
Seeing this video saved the day! I don't have the money to buy a lathe so this was the next best thing. Believe it or not, I'm going to use the lathe chuck to do accurate letter stamping on an invention and some parts I'll be making. Hope this all makes sense. Thought I'd leave a positive comment, and build something cool too!
Hope this is a bit clearer than mud. But just had to write you to let you know, ya never know what you pick up, and will later apply it down the road. Keep up the good wotk Dale!
Thanks for you comment. Im glad my video was useful. :-)
This is exactly what I was looking for - thanks for posting. Question - I guess it doesn’t matter what your starting diameter is as the size of the hex head is dictated by the depth of each cut?
Great video. I am a welder by trade but have also developed a passion for the lathe. The funny thing is a week ago I bought an assortments of lathe tools on eBay and had the collect blocks and locking rings in it that your video was on. At the time being a new-be to the lathe was not sure what they were. Thanks for CZcams. Now knowing what they are and how useful they can be I need to buy collects to go with them. I have a South Ben 9" lathe. Any thoughts on sizes to start off with and a company to purchase them through. Great video. Will be a new subscriber.
Hi Sharon. Go on eBay and by a set that is in increments of 16th of an inch. The cheap Chinese ones are just fine. I would rather have new Chinese set then Worn out brand name ones like South Bend or Hardinge.
i was really enjoy your machining video, especially I learn lathe milling benchwork since I was high school student, every video from you always can gave me another thinking in machining, could you share the name of Taiwan manufacturers for collect block? thank you
My boss has a bad habit of showing up when i make an error like that. Great video!
+Bob Cartwright
Lol
+Mecha Deets I'm lucky he has a good sense of humor most of the time.
Great job
you are doing just great
+Jim Witten
thank you very much
Thanks for the video .. I had to buy a couple of collet blocks and a set of 5C Collets lol
+12vTools
Im glade I could help
nice video, love that pro's make goofs too; but as you didn't show how you installed the rod in the collet block, how do we know how tight you are to "wrench" on the fastener of the collet block (ie: 12 in/lb or 20 ft/lb) -and do we need to use a torque wrench or will a 5 inch breaker bar do the trick.
Beautiful
Thank s bro