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Steve Crow06/05/2017 12:28:35
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Searching ebay for elusive size collets I noticed that Chinese manufactors are selling new ones, in a vast range of sizes, for around a tenner each.

My question is, has anyone tried these? I don't want to write them off just because they are not of European origin.

mechman4806/05/2017 15:36:00
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... 'I don't want to write them off just because they are not of European origin'...

​I find that a lot of 'European origin' stuff is made in China anyway, generally under licence from EU manufacturers HQ's... globalisation, run from China!, even 'Deutchebank' is under controlling interest buy out threat from a Chinese consortium, I'll bet Mrs M's nether region sphincter muscles are quivering with that thought...' Ich denke Mein Reich ist kaput gekommen'... excuse my schoolboy German thinking .

George.

Steve Crow06/05/2017 17:52:37
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I didn't mean to dismiss non-European stuff as inferior. It's just that all my watchmakers collets are either English, Swiss or German. I've not seen these Chinese ones before and if they are of reasonable quality that's great. As far as I can see, the only new ones available are Bergeon and the like at £70 a pop.

Cheers

Steve

Denis O'Kane06/05/2017 21:08:22
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I use them regularly and find the ones I have good.

richardandtracy07/05/2017 17:47:22
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I have an ER11 set (OK, different size & form), but they run at 30000 rpm with no vibration. At that speed, any minor errors would shake the router to pieces. Machining from China at the moment seems superb in the most part. There may be rubbish around, but I have yet to receive any.

Regards

Richard.

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