It's a 1/8 drill. I am drilling into eco-brass at 1500 and .006, wih G83 and .18 peck. The bit slips in the collet longitudinally. Here is my current understanding, which I gleaned from Rego-fix and Practical Machinist. I am using Castrol water-based coolant, and the first thing to is to remove the coolant from the collet and chuck surfaces. I plan to do that with a series of solvent baths: wd-40, ethanol, and acetone. Torque is supposed to be 40 ft-lbs. Finally, I have ordered some Rego-fix collets, though Mritool looks very good as well.

Any comments? Thanks.