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Making a Crush Collet
Machined-in-place collets are nothing new but it gets tricky when the center hole is too small to true up with a boring bar. One solution is to make a "Crush collet". This approach can be used with any hole that can be drilled and, if desired, reamed.
If you are interested, please see
http://rick.sparber.org/CCWW.pdf
Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.
Thanks,
Rick
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Thanks Rick! We've added your Crush Collet to our Workholding category, as well as to your builder page: Rick's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
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<span> by <a href="/builder/Rick+Sparber">Rick Sparber</a></span>
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