I'm thinking of making a collet-like chuck. It would be collet-like in that it would have a fixed size and have fingers that close to hold. Unlike a collet, it would taper to the front and have a threaded tapered sleeve over the nose:
Using the goals of .004 change in the bore with 1/2 turn of sleeve, I can use 2 degree taper and 9 tpi or 5 degree and 12 tpi. The 2 & 5 degree alternatives were just picked out of the air using TLAR. The pitches resulted from the 1/2 turn for .004 close goal.
The biggest uncertainty is which, if either, will provide adequate grip for reasonable torque on the sleeve. The application is to hold a buff or wire wheel, so the needed grip is not that great.
I've got the feeling that this is the kind of thing that I could make a lot of versions of if the approach was to just try something (i.e., TLAR). I think that I need a more analytical approach, but I don't know what it is.
As always, your expert advice is greatly appreciated, Bob
BTW - the drawing was done with DeltaCad. Anyone know how to add cross hatching? Also, to get the jpeg, I PrtScn'ed the DeltaCad window, pasted it in Adobe Photodeluxe, cropped it and saved to jpeg. Any better way?