I like the proxxon collet so much that I use it on my CNC'd Seig micro mill. I bought the Chuck nut and a set of collets for just a few pounds and made a shaft to fit it. The only tricky bit was making the reamer needed for the internal taper. I have uploaded a picture in the Spiyda folder of the photos section showing the proxxon collet chuck being used to run a 3mm carbide endmill to cut steel. In this instance it is only running at 2000 rpm and is mounted on a stub shaft in the seig 6mm collet, but I have had a spindle built with 8mm drill rod on ABEC 9 skate bearings up to 35,000 rpm. http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/photos/view/2fb5?b=10 I did originally try the dremmel collet chuck but each time the tool was fitted, the runout was different by up to a couple of thou. I am now trying to work out how to fit a proxxon chuck to my old faithful minicraft drill ! Chris (-=Spiyda==-)
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Re: What spindles are in use?
2006-01-18 by Chris Horne
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