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On 3 Dec 2005 10:47:34 -0800, wrote:

Is a C5 collet the same as a 5C collet? I have seen someone selling
collets that are differentiated as some being 5C and some being C5. I
have 5C chucks, etc, and want to know if C5 are interchangeable.

Hey Nic,

Then only "C5" I know about is the designation for a specific grade of
carbide inserts. For example, have a peek at:

http://www.carbide.ca/prod.html?catid=58&group=58&id=268

A quick Google for your C5 coletts turned up a batch of web-pages,
the first 6 of which iI had a quick look at, and in each case they
had just made a typo, and should have read "5C".

I'd be interested in what you do learn though, so let us know.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.