dickda1
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About a year ago, doc1955 gave some good advice about the collet closer from Grizzly. As received, the castings were rough, the fit of the outer adaptor ring was too tight on the spindle adaptor and it vibrated.
I sanded the castings smooth, applied some body putty and repainted.
I followed doc1955's advice and deburred the cams and sharp edges on the inner parts of the assembly
Finally, mounted the adaptor assembly on my lathe (12x24) and turned the outer surface and parts of the inner to remove runnout.
Still glad I did not buy a collet chuck. It sticks out too far onto my relatively short lathe bed.
The collet closer is a good copy of the expensive Royal model, but be prepared to do some work to get it in a useful state.
The cams on my closer do not grip the inner tube when the closer is in the closed postion (collet drawn tight). I need to investigate how to adjust these.
I sanded the castings smooth, applied some body putty and repainted.
I followed doc1955's advice and deburred the cams and sharp edges on the inner parts of the assembly
Finally, mounted the adaptor assembly on my lathe (12x24) and turned the outer surface and parts of the inner to remove runnout.
Still glad I did not buy a collet chuck. It sticks out too far onto my relatively short lathe bed.
The collet closer is a good copy of the expensive Royal model, but be prepared to do some work to get it in a useful state.
The cams on my closer do not grip the inner tube when the closer is in the closed postion (collet drawn tight). I need to investigate how to adjust these.