F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:28:00 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Randy Replogle wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:
My buddy BilltheMachinist called the other day . Said I should come
see him , he had something I might want .
He did .
I rode away with a hexing and squaring set , complete with 5C
collets up to an inch . Clamp one on the mill with stops on x and y
, turn round stock into squares or hex a special bolt head ...

Collet blocks?
RR

I'm guessing that's what you'd call them . One is square , one is
hex , both are machined to accept a 5C collet . Clamp them to the
mill table (I'll probably use the vise , it's already squared to the
bed) against stops on two axes , make round stock either square or
hex . Bill doesn't always tell me what the "proper" name of a tool
is ... but he's damn good at explaining how to use them !
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click on
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?P...MITEM=891-6015
5-C collet block chucks.
also
http://hhip.com/products/product_vie...ctID=3900-1620

Yup , that be them . Not at a really gloat-worthy price , but since I got
several collets too , I'm not unhappy .
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