Square bar in a round hole

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6 September 2015 at 16:02 #203325
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Well that worked well! I wanted to turn a round shaft on a piece of square bar and get fed up swapping chucks and clocking stuff. As luck would have it I had an ER32 collet chuck on the Lathe at the time and the piece of 1/2" black mild fitted nicely in one of the collets. It worked out pretty good so I'll do that again in preference to the four jaw if the jobs small enough.
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6 September 2015 at 16:02 #30537
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6 September 2015 at 16:38 #203330
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You are guilty of mistreating a poor little collet, it will bite you later when it runs out of true!
6 September 2015 at 17:37 #203336
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I was gentle with it and then used it again for turning some round stuff and all seemed well.
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Square bar in a round hole

Square bar in a round hole

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