Most companies claim .039" collapse range on typical ER collets...
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Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244 Automatic / Pneumatic Drills:
When I buy the smaller ER 11 collets, they can get down to about .015" without appreciable runout.
I, uh, haven't tried holding a 0" drill, tho ;-)
"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in news:H%LCg.5214$Pp1.3967@trndny04:
They can. Years ago 1mm was the smallest collet you could get. Today you can get .5mm collets. The .5 will give you good TIR more consistantly than a 1mm collet will. Also when using very small shank drills, they are less apt to get caught in the slots on the smaller collet.
Anymore, I try to use 1mm shank drills for any drill under 1/32". Those drills tend to be straighter and are certainly easier to change. Unfortunately most have a fairly limited drill depth.
Normaly, the smaller ones can only close-down 0.5mm. Above 3mm or so (depending on the collet size), they do 1mm.
Nick
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