Holding small parts in a large lathe chuck

[Paul Jones]

Thanks Marv,

I have been wanting to make a 5C collet holder for my lathe. My work around has been like the one by JR using a 0.0001" TIR high precision Techniks ER32 collet chuck (see http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/e...aw-chuck-65548 ) but the 5C collets have a wider diameter range.

However, I have owned a hexagonal collet block for 5C collets for years and just never considered putting it into the lathe chuck. That is a great solution and thank you for the advice.

Thank you,

Paul