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One of the advantages of collets is that they do not vaporize coolant as a jawed chuck will, turn an 8" 3 jaw at 3000 RPM's with flood coolant and it creates a fog that will get everywhere.
Was turning 8-32 threads .225" long to a shoulder today in a 3 jaw, started at 1500 RPM's but the coolant was getting out of hand and backed it down to 1000. With a collet chuck I would have run it at 3000 without issue.
Pesky little buggers to run in a 15 X 40 lathe, only 40 parts however.
Was turning 8-32 threads .225" long to a shoulder today in a 3 jaw, started at 1500 RPM's but the coolant was getting out of hand and backed it down to 1000. With a collet chuck I would have run it at 3000 without issue.
Pesky little buggers to run in a 15 X 40 lathe, only 40 parts however.