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Wood Lathe Collets
by MojoBob
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This is a set of collets to neck down a wood lathe chuck to take small dowels.
My smallest set of chuck jaws will only go down to about 12mm, but if I need to turn something smaller than that, I can use the appropriate sized collet.
PLA is generally sufficiently strong for this purpose, as very small turnings like this don't normally exert great stresses on the collet. I wouldn't try printing them in resin though, although some of the ABS-like resins might be up to the task.
My smallest set of chuck jaws will only go down to about 12mm, but if I need to turn something smaller than that, I can use the appropriate sized collet.
PLA is generally sufficiently strong for this purpose, as very small turnings like this don't normally exert great stresses on the collet. I wouldn't try printing them in resin though, although some of the ABS-like resins might be up to the task.
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