New ER25 collet blocks

[magpieParticipant @magpie]

I have no connection with Arc Euro, but i know lots of folk on here wanted ER25 collet blocks, they have just been listed on the Arc Euro site.

Cheers Derek

[magpieParticipant @magpie]

[JohnFParticipant @johnf59703]

I bought some ER32 ones from Arc Euro, very useful item and excellent quality.

John

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Shall have to have stern words, never got my freebies

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Considering the number of Boxfords around perhaps they should consider doing 3C ones. Ought to be more users of 3C amongst amateurs than 5C.

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Bazyle

I'm curious. What is the connection between 3C and Boxford?

I have seen lots of Boxford lathes over many years and cannot recall any of them having 3C tooling (OK maybe the odd one), in general though surely a rarity.

Ian

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Ian,

The standard collets for the Boxford are the Crawford 3C. Need an adaptor to fit the 3MT spindle and only go up to 1/2 inch though that is enough for most model engineers. I would have thought every school Boxford collection had a least one set of collets. The usual suppliers are now doing them new in 1/16 steps probably because the flow of school lathes onto the market has left a mismatch in supply.

Of course it is noticable that the Americal hobbyists start of f with a 12" lathe and 5MT spindle so created the market for far eastern 5C collets and hence the 5C blocks.

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