Hi everybody, a bit late, I know, but I would like to to show what Santa Claus has thrown though the chimney.
It is the Chinese clone of the German Deckel S0 tool and cutter grinder, purchased at an Dutch supplier. (That´s global, isnt it ?)
I have purchased a set, together with a metric 5C collet set from 1 to 30 mm, 30 pieces.
During my membership here in this forum, I have seen a lot of the other members, working on the lathe with a 5C collet chuck.
The free view to the work piece and the cutting tools, was an issue what makes me thinking "I do need this too".
So the set of collets been in house, I bought a Chinese 5C collet chuck for nearly EUR 150,00, made a flange and checked the run out.
The product information said max 0,015 mm run out.
Mounted at my self made flange and measured at the tapper, we have a bit more than 0,01 mm run out.
Together with a collet and measured at a clamped 10 mm cutter as a work piece, I can see 0,025 mm as a max run out.
I can live with this, it is all low cost Chinese hobby equipment and no industrial stuff like a Bison or Röhm chuck.
In the meantime, some more little bits for the Snow engine are made and I am very happy with the new equipment.