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Jon Anderson Jon Anderson is offline
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Default Semi-neat trick for sealing 5C collets

On 8/13/2010 7:03 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:

Or simply stick a plastic pipe plug in the ass end of the spindle at the
collet closer. I keep a box of them on hand just for this..as I found a
bunch of them and was too lazy to make up an 1.125 plug out of delrin
with an o ring on it.


That works good unless the material extends beyond the end of the
spindle... G


Jon