Precision Matthews 5c-adj-D1-4, worth the money ?

[wrmiller]

Had the PM 5C chuck and agree with others here in that it was a very good chuck for the money. Used it for turning small precision parts instead of scaring the crap out of myself trying to work real close to my 8" PBA.

 

[Larry$]

I bought one with my PM lathe in 2016, $120. No idea if they still sell the same model. Mine is excellent and my go to when the work will fit.
The only disadvantage I see to 5C is the small holding range. You need a set by 64ths! Most of which you will never use! The catch is which ones!
I've added 64s ones to my 32nds set, as needed + several hex & square + an internal stop. Mostly Shars. Its discouraging to be in the middle of a project and find I don't have the correct collet. My fall back is my PM ER40 chuck but it isn't as accurate.

 

[ChazzC]

The Shipping is $29.99. Not for sure where the outlandish shipping number came from unless it was for an entire lathe. Shipping for the mount is $0 when shipped with a lathe.

The current PM web site price is $299.99. So $299.99 + $29.99 = $329.98 total for the 5-C Adjustable Collet Chuck, D1-4 Mount.

For a long time there was nothing, reasonably priced, available for the "5-C Adjustable Collet Chuck, D1-5 Mount". So sometimes one needs to buy it when it is available so that he has it when needed.

Thanks for the clarification; if I had a suitably sized lathe I probably would get one since “I know I’ll use sometime.”

 

[ptrotter]

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[St. Paul Steam]

Overall price seems ok, but $350 for shipping? You could get a lathe shipped for that, or make a couple of round trips to visit PM.

Sorry ,I never thought anyone would actually think it was $350 for shipping, I should have been more clear. $353.08 is the total price, Inc shipping & tax

 

[St. Paul Steam]

Is the spindle bore not large enough (1-3/8") for a 5c draw-tube? Assuming a spindle nose to 5c adapter is available, I would consider that before a collet chuck.

Good point, I had not considered that.

 

[St. Paul Steam]

Well, I pulled the trigger & bought a PM-5C D1-4 collet chuck. Thank you all for the helpful advice.

 

[Just for fun]

I think you will be presently surprised at how nice they are.

 

[Ischgl99]

Here is my review of it.

PM 5C Collet Chuck review

I purchased a 5C collet chuck from Precision Matthews last month and thought I would write up a quick review for anyone considering it. Overall it is a nice chuck, the set thru feature is nice to have, but mine needed some work to operate smoothly. I don't know if this is indicative of these...

www.hobby-machinist.com

Overall it is a good chuck. You might need to do some tuning of it like I did, but once you do that, it should work well for you.

 

[St. Paul Steam]

Here is my review of it.

PM 5C Collet Chuck review

I purchased a 5C collet chuck from Precision Matthews last month and thought I would write up a quick review for anyone considering it. Overall it is a nice chuck, the set thru feature is nice to have, but mine needed some work to operate smoothly. I don't know if this is indicative of these...

www.hobby-machinist.com

Overall it is a good chuck. You might need to do some tuning of it like I did, but once you do that, it should work well for you.

This will be a new experience with a "tunable" 5C collet chuck, hopefully it comes with good instructions.