collet rack

I hope this tip helps. I was in need of a collet rack /holder. They all seemed very pricey for what they held, and were quite bulky. I did not want to hang them off my lathe due to chips flying about. Well I was at the Home Depot getting a few things for a completely different project when I saw something that made me take notice. It was stainless steel and looked like it would hold 36 ER 32 collets with ease. Well it was only 9.95 plus tax in good old North Carolina, so I figured I would try it. Guess what? It worked brilliantly it held those collets like it was made to do so.
So lets recap a collet holder for ER 32 collets that holds 36 of them neatly and securely, looks great, and is made of stainless steel for $9.95. lol I am still laughing as I type this but the damned thing is supposed to be a cooking rack for cooking Jalapeno poppers! lol But damned if it doesn't work perfectly as an ER 32 collet holder. The holes are 1.138 an odd size to be sure but I guess that is the diameter of a jalapeno pepper lol. and here it is in the flesh so to speak. Seems it pays to keep your eyes open for things that were meant for something else but will work perfectly for your needs.
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Brilliant!!!!

Here it is, with some more, with links:

MAN LAW Jalapeno Roaster-MAN-V7 - The Home Depot

Nordic Ware Chicken Leg Griller and Jalapeno Roaster-36500M - The Home Depot

Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue Stainless Steel Jalapeno Rack and Corer Set-SR8814 - The Home Depot

King Kooker Jalapeno Rack with Corer Tool-36JR - The Home Depot

This is a great tip! I should replace the cheesy particle board holder that came with the original ER32 collet set and also ran out of room with adding more metric sizes. This looks perfect and looks like I need to spend more time in the BBQ section of Home Depot. Thanks.

Also on Amazon: King Kooker 36JR Stainless-Steel 36-Hole Jalapeno Rack with Corer

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing. Hmmm, I wonder of green peppers would fit CAT-40 holders. :D

I still like Hardtail’s post but here is a WARNING and update.

I just received what I thought was the SS rack in the OP. I also looked at the other links provided in posts 2 and 4 and ordered what looked like the OP part. It is Home Depot p/n 203009019 (Jalapeno Rack with Coring Tool). The holes are NOT 1.138” as indicated but are 1.019” +/- about .003”. At that diameter they are too small for ER-32 collets to fit sufficiently down into the hole. They fit only about ¼” into the hole and are top heavy. Moving a populated rack will most likely result in spills. If the holes were the 1.138” size the collet would be almost half way deep into the hole which is a much more suitable arrangement. Also, with the post 5 months old, the current price from my local HD is $15.00 and nobody in the store knew what I was talking about, even with a picture. I ordered on-line and while it was free shipping to the store it was sent to my house. I checked all other links provided but unfortunately, there are no hole dimensions on any of them. Be careful, just as pepper diameters will vary . . . assume the Chinese hole puncher will also.

I appreciate the spirit of the post and will probably tack weld a sheet about 1” from the top and use it to hold cam lifters.

I am glad someone else spilled that truth. I bought on of the Jalapeno Roasters and no it was not that great for my ER32 collets. I am going to set up something so I can bore out the hole some. If it doesn't work, well it was just 10 bucks.
Nelson

i suppose it could work as R8 collet holders if it is too small for Er32 .
thanks for the idea!

i suppse the Chinese may have changed the hole dimension or as is more likely home depot started getting them from a different vendor to save two pennies. Next time just go to the store with your er32 in a pocket and check to be sure it fits like mine did.

hardtail69
No hard feelings but I got the lead from else wheres and they said they bought it from HomeDepot. The size is too small for ER32's but I'm going to set it up on the mill and open all the holes out because I like the idea and it works out well.
Good-Day
Nelson

cool rack, think I make one

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hardtail69
No hard feelings but I got the lead from else wheres and they said they bought it from HomeDepot. The size is too small for ER32's but I'm going to set it up on the mill and open all the holes out because I like the idea and it works out well.
Good-Day
Nelson

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Nelson if the holes are only slightly too small , say by less than .125' Why not make yourself a dimple die and punch then just press out the holes a little.
This would serve 2 purposes `1 the holes would be enlarged 2 the holes would be perfectly smooth with the raw edges being turned under
Here is a mock up of the process
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Frank
That is the reason I hang out with you guys with all the great ideas.
Thank you so very much, that will say a lot of time.
Nelson

The nice thing about a piloted dimple die as I illustrated is they are self centering and do not require a lot o precision mounting or any mounting at all for that matter.You can even use them on an anvil with a hammer

That is a nice idea Frank. How much clearance do you leave between the pilot and the outside wall? Material thickness plus ...?

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Originally Posted by Saltfever

That is a nice idea Frank. How much clearance do you leave between the pilot and the outside wall? Material thickness plus ...?

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Saltfever the clearance for the pilot through the hole and into the die need only be a loose slip fit Almost any sheet metal gauge can be dimpled as long as the radius of the dimple is equal to or greater than 3x the thickness of the sheet metal for any gauge thicker than 19 ga. .0418" or a little over 1 mm for thinner materials a lower radius to thickness multiplier could be used For materials thicker than 1 ga or 1/4" plate steel about the same as the 6 mm sheet steel all measured in nominal thicknesses you would want to increase the multiplier. Thicker metals are going to require the addition of heat as well to anneal the area being formed

OK got it . . . the material is not protruding down the wall so little clearance is necessary. How about the two radii? Both the same or add mt'l thickness for the larger one? Thanks for the idea.

Saltfever if your goal or requirement for dimpling is going to have to meet aerospace quality assurance control inspections then obviously the radii of both the punch and the die are going to be required to correspond to each gauge of material thickness to be formed. Thankfully most of us do not have to be quite so anal retentive.
On the same token you would not want to attempt to use a set machined for say 1 mm thick material 19ga to do 6 mm 1/4 inch you might want to make as many as 5 sets to cover the range from 36 ga through 1/4"
One way partially around this might be to use 45° champers instead of a radius
You could make a 3 step die punch set where instead of a simple dimple being formed in the material you could form a fully rolled edge these would require annealing in many cases for most materials to avoid splitting or tearing. Think of it like doing a double flare on a Brake line only this would be on a hole in a flat sheet.

dimpling was exzactly what I was thinking if they were too small. of coarse I havent used my er32 since I got them a few years ago.....my 5c work great in the lathe and my r8 stuff go's bigger...I wish I had got er 40 instead of the 32... but I didnt.

If I was doin' it I would grab some steel and make a D reamer (likely tapered) to open them up.

My collet rack is a plywood box with nails to hold the collets and it hangs on the side of my milling machine stand.