Collets, collet blocks and more

I got way too obsessed with collets, and now you can too! Topics include: collets, collet storage, collet blocks, and experimental ways of using collet blocks.
Collet storage collar model: www.thingivers...

[@siliconchef]

Emphatic Siren is my all mermaid Indigo Girls cover band

[@TradeWorks_Construction]

Excellent concept and Idea! If you need to index by more than 10 then you probably should be using a dividing head. For anything less COLLET BLOCKS and Shims for the WIN!

[@josuelservin]

What a beautiful end entertaining video, the ideas within are somewhat twisted and have planted a dark and intriguing seed into my brain that without a doubt will diminish my wallet and social life... Only time will tell if I should thank or curse you...

[@protheu5]

Now I want to (fruitlessly) think about degrees and geometrical possibilities too.

[@chopthesheep90]

I'm digging the angle blocks that double as spacers! There are so many things these days that have become affordable for hobby people that make life a lot easier (CNC stuff, DROs, etc.), but sometimes those take a lot of the thinking out of it. Machining is a process. You seem to really get the idea man I dig it, thanks for the idea!

[@smellslikeupdog80]

THat cutaway between you on the bus, and shower was very premium. It's a detail requires a little personal thought to be outside the machine shop, to match what you were saying in the post-recording. That's worth a subscribe:)

[@JohnMazz]

Let's collet a day.

[@shoofle]

love the heptagonal block! the hexagonal half-indexing is a neat trick, even though it doesn't preserve the vertical OR horizontal data.

[@thezipcreator]

I like this channel because (as a layman) I have no idea what any of the terms you're saying are but then you show a video of the thing and I'm like "oh ok makes sense"

[@EitriBrokkr]

You should make a collet block that just spins to whatever angle you want. Then put a gear behind it to index it precisely.🤣 But seriously, that's an awesome invention

[@PaulSteMarie]

How far do you trust the chamfers on your collet blocks? I wouldn't expect them to be ground true, or even inspected beyond cosmetics at the factory.

[@MeriaDuck]

Initial reaction before watching the video, heptagons are cursed 😂. At least I know you can't make them with ruler and compass.

[@atalazs]

how is the hexagon clamped with the tilted shim block? The vise would turn the block out of orientation, right? So you need at clamp from the top?

[@NickAmes0]

Your line about "stacking up enough prime divisors" reminds me of the Newbould Indexer. It uses a stack of plates with partial face splines to index to any angle precisely. Each spline pair has an unusual spacing, such as 1.1° per tooth. (Since the splines aren't complete, they don't need to divide evenly into 360°.)

[@Attoparsec]

Oh, that's very cool!

[@L0op]

I haven't watched the video yet. I am 95% sure that you can not convince me that Hexagons aren't the Bestagons. Edit after watching: I will admit that in this specific case, the Heptagon is the Bettergon. But since this is undoubtedly an edge case, and the Heptagon needs assistance to be the Bettergon, I would be willing settle for calling it a Reallygoodagon.

[@EJdoomsday]

Excellent work man, earned my subscription

[@desertTooHot]

Nice. I should be using my collet blocks more...

[@dennisclapp7527]

Thanks Atto

[@fearlyenrage]

well is that a 1mm runout at the center of your lathe?

[@solarbirdyz]

yay i finally know what a collet block is for!

[@christopherbaker6051]

So will my r8 collets fit into this c5 collet block? I understand c5 threads outside, r8 thread inside…I’m very new to this stuff.

[@Attoparsec]

No, R8s are much narrower, so you'd need a special block for those. It could be done, though I'm not sure I've ever seen such a thing. Since R8 has threads on the inside, you can't pass stock all the way through like you can with a C5, so they have a much more restrictive diameter *and* depth they can hold. They're really just intended for holding tooling.

[@tedstriker5991]

Fear and Loathing in Collet Blocks

[@aguycalledlucas]

Great video

[@philcook9967]

Why not use a spin indexer?

[@HM-sc4to]

this was amazing

[@jasonhull5712]

Wow. 🤯 that is deep. 🤔

[@diegomartincavallo8491]

me suscribo saludos desde argentina

[@eaglewolf404]

Nice

[@Sarcasmarkus]

I'd rather get a 1 5/16" hole saw, spade bit, forstner bit, boring head, fly cutter, or router bushing with hole template, sketch or scribe a circle and cut it with a scroll saw, jig saw, Sawzall, coping saw, jewel saw, than be trendy and buy a 3D printer, thats a lot of money i could spend on more machine parts, more tools, more tacos, tortas, sushi, sandwiches, hamburgers, whiskey or tequila, thats just me though.

[@guloguloguy]

THANK YOUI, FOR THIS VITAL, AND HELPFUL INFORMATION!!!.. YOU HAVE SOME AWE$OME TOOLING IDEA$ THERE!!!!!!!!!!! TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THESE KINDS OF DETAILS ID DIFFICULT, IF YOU DON'T WORK AS A PROFESSIONAL MACHINIST.