Sealing a collet?
If you've bored parts in a 5C collet, you know how much of a nuisance it can be to keep the chips from falling through the slots in the collet and getting in between the tapers of the clamping surfaces.
It occurred to me today to use a hot glue gun to seal the slots. Since the 5C collet does not have a lot of flex range, the glue still seems to be flexible enough to allow the collet to collapse properly.
First you get good, then you get fast. Then grouchiness sets in.
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