5C collet drawer organizer

[BGHansen]

I can't quite picture that

Here you go! Sizes increase from top to bottom, left to right. Eight holes for the columns so rows are in order. The top two photos are of my Clausing 5418 set up. I leave a 5-C collet chuck on this lathe 100% of the time. I ground a 3/8" square socket adapter to fit the chuck as it takes around 20 turns to fully engage/loosen a collet. The other set on the red cart is at my Grizzly G0709 14x40 lathe.

It's also nice when hunting for a best fit collet for an oddball diameter. Work left to right until the work slips in, then up/down until it's snug.

Bruce


These 72-hole racks were around $60 as I recall. Yup, moment of laziness as opposed to the OPers nice work!

 

[Firstram]

That's a great way to do it!

 

[Be_Zero_Be]

I bought a 5C rack and made a drawer out of it.

 

[Brento]

I want to get one of these to set up by my lathe. 5c oak chest The lathe as i said uses 3C so i will make some plastic bushings of some sort to store them. Id like to store my 5C somewhere i just down know where i want to store them bc i would be using the collets as often.

 

[jeremysf]

That is nice! I have been heading that way for a while.
How did you arrive at that set? I have the small set, divisions of 1/16, with a few additions.
I cannot find the "fill in" set of collets by 1/32 or 1/64.
Must I sell the 1/16 set and put that money towards the 1/64 set?

Inexpensive ebay find.