I want an ER40 collet chuck for my Atlas 618.

[darkzero]

I see... so, you did buy the chuck? Have you found it to be of adequate quality? Then again, without a wrench, it may be hard to tell! What you say makes me a bit nervous about buying from them.

The only thing I bought from them is that wrench. I was planning on getting an ER40 MT3 chuck from them but I'm not so sure now since they don't know what they are talking about saying it's my machines' fault. I do have other ER40 wrenches that work fine, I just wanted the hook type for my Lyndex bearing nuts. I ended up just ordering a Lyndex one. Who knows, you might be ok with their chuck, I'm just not willing to risk it again from them. I had to pay shipping twice back to them & the wrench was only $13, that's enough wasted time & money for me.

 

[Pat of TN]

Ahh, I understand. You're entirely right about dealing with that company after what they've done for you, or lack thereof. I think I'll avoid them myself... thanks for the tip, bud.

 

[kd4gij]

Check out Tallgrass Tools He makes the er collet chuck eather complete or kit form. He list er 32 on the site but will do er40 also Just contact him He will work with you on what you wan't

 

[darkzero]

Ahh, I understand. You're entirely right about dealing with that company after what they've done for you, or lack thereof. I think I'll avoid them myself... thanks for the tip, bud.

No problem. I just checked & tools4cheap.net does sell the ER40 MT2 chucks individually for $35. http://www.tools4cheap.net/products.php?cat=35

Kind of hard to see on that page as there is no picture by the description. It's on the right column of that page towards the bottom. Shipping is just over $15.

Now Jeff I can highly recommend. I got my ER40 plates from him as well as some other things.

 

[Pat of TN]

I have heard good things about Tools4Cheap. I will ask them for some more info on the chuck, and I may just go with that. For 50 bucks shipped, that's not bad. I could probably pick up a couple collets and a wrench to go with it for under 100... thanks a bunch for showing me that, Darkzero.

 

[LEEQ]

Tools for cheap is out of stock and not due in for some months on the er40 that would go on a back plate fyi. I hope to hear on that sooner rather than later.

 

[Dataporter]

This company has an ER40 MT2 Collet Chuck. http://amtools.com/millingchucks.aspx

About a year ago, I bought an ER40 MT4 from them for the head stock of my lathe and it is pretty good. Not like it was made in America, but very useable and the price was right...

 

[darkzero]

I have heard good things about Tools4Cheap. I will ask them for some more info on the chuck, and I may just go with that. For 50 bucks shipped, that's not bad. I could probably pick up a couple collets and a wrench to go with it for under 100... thanks a bunch for showing me that, Darkzero.

No problem, the least I can do for "messing up" your plans with that other seller. Another great thing about Jeff is that he's very helpful & quick to answer emails so I'm sure he'll get you the info that you need.

I just may end up ordering a ER40 chuck from him too but in my case the taper really doesn't matter as I'm going to chop it off. I just need the front the portion so I can use the ER40 collets to mount stuff in my chuck on the super spacer.

But I may end up getting a CAT 4" extension ER40 chuck & chop the taper off that if I find something I like on ebay. I do also have one more of the ER40 plates that I could user instead but I just may end up mounting that one to the rotary table, haven't decided yet. Thanks for this thread as it reminded me & got me thinking again.

Tools for cheap is out of stock and not due in for some months on the er40 that would go on a back plate fyi. I hope to hear on that sooner rather than later.

Yeah I did see that. I was responding in regards to the MT2 ER40 which doesn't show out of stock. Seems like those ER40 plates sell out often. When I wanted to purchase one last year they had just sold out too. I contacted Jeff & he told me a few months to restock. So when they arrived I ordered 2 just in case.

Tools4cheap.net is the only place I have found that has the ER40s, I searched for a while at that time. Maybe he gets them made for him along with those faceplates? Been thinking about getting one of those as they do look nice & has threaded holes too but I never even use the one I have now.

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This company has an ER40 MT2 Collet Chuck. http://amtools.com/millingchucks.aspx

About a year ago, I bought an ER40 MT4 from them for the head stock of my lathe and it is pretty good. Not like it was made in America, but very useable and the price was right...

I hate to possibly spoil another one but that vendor was 800Watt from ebay. I have purchased from them when they were selling on ebay & never had an issue but if you search online you'll see a lot of bad experiences with 800Watt & later stories about very slow/long delivery from amtools after purchasing. Seems like when they first turned into amtools they were ok. Buyer beware.

 

[omni_dilletante]

I am sorry to hear you had trouble with this eBay seller. I purchased the MT4 ER40 chuck and collet set. It was shipped promptly and although I have not done much with it I am pretty happy with it.

The only thing I bought from them is that wrench. I was planning on getting an ER40 MT3 chuck from them but I'm not so sure now since they don't know what they are talking about saying it's my machines' fault. I do have other ER40 wrenches that work fine, I just wanted the hook type for my Lyndex bearing nuts. I ended up just ordering a Lyndex one. Who knows, you might be ok with their chuck, I'm just not willing to risk it again from them. I had to pay shipping twice back to them & the wrench was only $13, that's enough wasted time & money for me.

 

[JoeSixPack74]

Lots of good info here... thanks a bunch guys. I think I will go with an MT2 shank chuck...

Any comments on this item and seller off of Ebay? http://www.ebay.com/itm/MT2-ER40-Ch...6?pt=BI_Tool_Work_Holding&hash=item4cf970aa54

50 to 60 bucks just for the chuck makes me happy. Even if it were only within .001, that is far, far better than my three-jaw!

I just purchased this from them last night along with a spanner wrench. Next Wednesday I can tell you what I think of it. Hopefully I don't have the same problem DarkZero had with the spanner not fitting. I only need it for the tailstock of my 9x20 to hold a 1.25" reamer with a 1" shank.