ER32 Collet Prices

Seems to be a bit of an Ebay "price war" on the cost of these things at the moment with a set of 19 collets now available for as low as £33.98 ER32 Collets UK Supply just had a set delivered (in less than three days) and so far the one's I have checked the runout is less than 0.001.

Did have one bad one though, the 16mm (16-15) collet looks like it had been mis-machined the photos show the unground jaw segments,

looks like it might have been initially machined a little oversize not leaving enough metal to finish grind to the correct final size.

Given that the collets work out to less than £1.80 each I wasn't too concerned about one bad one but contacted their customer support anyway.

Sadly they couldn't replace the individual collet as they only ship these items as packs of 19 however the seller quickly resolved with a £5 refund for the individual collet.

I must add that it seems that despite being shipped from a UK address that their customer support is most definitely "offshore".

Paul

This is becoming increasingly common, I guess due to the volume of business the Chinese are doing on Ebay. It is cheaper to ship in bulk to Europe and set up a distribution point here.

I recently bought a smartphone from China and was surprised to receive it only a week later shipped from Belgium.

Russell.

They could have taken the whole set back and replaced it with a new one. But if you're happy with a fiver, then so be it.

As you say, bargain price.

Paul,

I put a post in CTC Service way back in in August about this trader. My set has been in daily use since I got them & I`ve been highly delighted with the full set. I thought at the time they would probably be typical c**p at that price but worth a punt anyway. So I bought & would definetly recommend them.

Only problem I then had was where to store them all. However a bit of drawing & some ply on the laser soon produced a storage box !

Alan

I've just ordered a set so thanks for the info and I will report back.

Regards.

David.

Flying Fifer like you I thought they would be "carp" but surprisingly they aren't .... so as the price is low at the moment I ordered a second set... so then I now need something to put them in so made these:

Cut 2x blocks 25mm UHMW plastic shoved a 25mm drill through it 20x and then followed with a 32mm step drill which though not quite the right profile for the collet is close enough for a Sunday night.

Paul