Shars 5" ER40 Zero Set Fine Adjustment Collet Chuck

jbolt said:
Gotta love Shars. On their Ebay store the shipping for the chuck is $51. Through the website it is $31. Price of the chuck is the same.
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Sure. That is to pay for the cut that eBay takes off the top and the additional hassles. Work it the other way. Find All Industrial's deal and part number for the tool holders on eBay. Then call them and give them the part number and ask for their best price delivered to wherever you are. Ask them to make it good because eBay will not get a cut. I did that, got an incredible price, much lower than anybody else would go, They showed up the next day. Sellers are very happy to cut eBay out of a sure deal.
 
Bob Korves said:
Sure. That is to pay for the cut that eBay takes off the top and the additional hassles. Work it the other way. Find All Industrial's deal and part number for the tool holders on eBay. Then call them and give them the part number and ask for their best price delivered to wherever you are. Ask them to make it good because eBay will not get a cut. I did that, got an incredible price, much lower than anybody else would go, They showed up the next day. Sellers are very happy to cut eBay out of a sure deal.
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The flip side to Shars is on several occasions I found the Ebay price was less than the website and with free shipping so go figure.
 
Bob Korves said:
Sure. That is to pay for the cut that eBay takes off the top and the additional hassles. Work it the other way. Find All Industrial's deal and part number for the tool holders on eBay. Then call them and give them the part number and ask for their best price delivered to wherever you are. Ask them to make it good because eBay will not get a cut. I did that, got an incredible price, much lower than anybody else would go, They showed up the next day. Sellers are very happy to cut eBay out of a sure deal.
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Neat, from Chicago - SanFran in a day. FedEX couldn't get those AXA's here in East TN for a week. They sat for (3) days at the airport I believe.
I may try calling shars tomorrow. A dollar here a dollar there and soon you have enough for a gallon of fuel. :grin big:
 
I would still want this on an extra thick backplate to push the collet out away from the lathe spindle nose, closer to the carriage. But it's nice to see someone is finally putting out a Set-Tru style ER40 collet chuck. Thanks for posting this Mark.
 
davidpbest said:
I would still want this on an extra thick backplate to push the collet out away from the lathe spindle nose, closer to the carriage. But it's nice to see someone is finally putting out a Set-Tru style ER40 collet chuck. Thanks for posting this Mark.
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David,
Do you know of a "store bought" backplate that would work for this or would you make one from scratch?
 
Alan H said:
Do you know of a "store bought" backplate that would work for this or would you make one from scratch?
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The Bison 7-875-054 - 5" D1-4 Back Plate for Set-Tru should work, the Gator equivalent would be FLA-125D4 that usually runs about 50% less. You could also call Shar's, they may have one but may not be listed yet. I would call Ajax, I purchased my FLA-125D4 from them, their search function/menu system is poor so it does not show up on their site. The shipping costs with Shar's is disturbing, way out of line with the actual cost and often poor packaging. Almost all their plastic boxes (like parallels) seem to show up broken. I have ordered a few things through them in the last couple of years, some good, some not so good. You get the feeling that there are just a few suppliers and everything is rebranded with the different seller's logo. Still, they seem to do a bit better in the QC department then buying from no-name vendors.
https://www.ajaxtoolsupply.com/bibapldtafor3.html
 
Alan H said:
David,
Do you know of a "store bought" backplate that would work for this or would you make one from scratch?
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Here is what I did Alan - started with a Bison 7-878-054F backplate that I bought from MSC for $161 (their part #54987250), and added a spacer between it an the collet chuck:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidpbest/albums/72157684506733032

I've been super happy with this setup. I needed the collet chuck pushed out because I don't usually have the compound mounted on my PM1340, preferring instead the solid tool post mounting setup I covered in another posting - but shown here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidpbest/albums/72157684102384825
 
Bob Korves said:
Sure. That is to pay for the cut that eBay takes off the top and the additional hassles. Work it the other way. Find All Industrial's deal and part number for the tool holders on eBay. Then call them and give them the part number and ask for their best price delivered to wherever you are. Ask them to make it good because eBay will not get a cut. I did that, got an incredible price, much lower than anybody else would go, They showed up the next day. Sellers are very happy to cut eBay out of a sure deal.
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Bob, could you elaborate on your interaction with Shars? Were you purchasing Tool Post holders or a different item?
Their response on eBay yesterday was a tad short, so I'm sure if it's worth the time to call them. Thanks.
 
middle.road said:
Bob, could you elaborate on your interaction with Shars? Were you purchasing Tool Post holders or a different item?
Their response on eBay yesterday was a tad short, so I'm sure if it's worth the time to call them. Thanks.
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My transaction was with All Industrial Tools. They are also on eBay, and compete with Shars and the others there. By going direct to them, I took eBay and the tithe they charge out of the equation, also took the competition out of the mix, and by asking them for their "best out the door and delivered to me" pricing I took the shipping game out of the equation and reduced everything to how badly they wanted to make the sale and still make a profit. It worked, and has worked other times as well. Not always...

Don't play their games. Put them on the spot.

Shars seems to be trying to build themselves into the Chinese tools MSC. So is MSC, and others. Yawn.
 
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