Beall IX Collets

[Bill in Dundas]

Just curious if anyone has tried the Beall internal expanding collets for OT work? I’ve always been pleased with anything from Beall, and use their other collet chucks for holding work with a tennon.

Cheers,

Bill

 

[RichColvin]

I’m interested in this feedback also. I use collets often, and have a set of the IX collets but haven’t used them yet.

I greatly prefer workholding with collets over 4-jaw chucks.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Just curious if anyone has tried the Beall internal expanding collets for OT work? I’ve always been pleased with anything from Beall, and use their other collet chucks for holding work with a tennon.

Cheers,

Bill

There is a thread about this on Sawmill Creek. I haven’t used them.

 

[colinsp]

I have 3D printed some collets that fit in my normal 4 jaw chucks for work holding on my RE. I also have a very old collet chuck for woodturning that I picked up in a car boot sale some years ago but it only had a couple of collets with it unfortunately.

 

[Dennis Weiner]

I bought them when they first came out and returned them. Too much vibration for me. The only thing I was dissatisfied with. There were plenty of alternate holding solutions out there. However, I too loved all their products. I have their ER32 Collet and I bought their monster ER50 Collet Chuck when they announced selling their business. Couldn't live without it! Beale was a great contributor to our community.