Re: Lathe Collet Closer
That is pretty wild. Expensive, but considering that a Bison 5c chuck with a D1-4 mount will run about $800, not unreasonable. Nice that it leaves your through hole unencumbered. Although the 5c chuck isn't going to max out the 1.4" through hole.
I was sitting there cranking on the doggone key on my Bison 5c yesterday thinking that I wish I had gone for a drawbar. on my manual mill I will have to hunt around for a bit I can chuck in a cordless screwdriver to speed up the process. It is a lot of hand cranking.
Tim
Tormach 1100-3, Grizzly G0709 lathe, Clausing 8520 mill, SolidWorks, HSMWorks.