Originally Posted by
KyleL
I thought about collars, but the z height would end up becoming a function of the torque applied to the collet nut, I believe. Assuming that though, it would probably be reasonably repeatable as long as you put about the same force on the collet nut each time.
I actually have a few collars sitting around, I'll try one tonight and see how accurate it is, it may still be a good option for my Taig assuming larger bits and slower rpms.
I'd be a bit scared running those at 8-24k though.