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Originally Posted by Cory
You need one for every size tool you intend to use. A standard set of R8 collets would be 1/16 to 7/8" in 1/16" increments. I dont know much about brown and sharpe collets but a quick googling shows they can be bought here You'll also want a drill chuck. For that you should be able to buy any drill chuck and then a B&S #9 to jacobs taper adapter and mate the two. |
Adding on to this:
You probably won't need 1/16" increments. 99% of tooling for FRC is either 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", or 3/4". The only thing that I use 1/16" increment for is some dumb custom stuff that I made. In general you can get by with just 3/8", 1/2", and 3/4" as long as you buy endmills in those shank sizes. The 5/8" was just for a 5/8" endmill. Anything between 1/8" and 3/8" endmills can be found with a 3/8" shank.
That being said, if you pick up a box of endmills at a machine tool auction, having all the 1/8" or even 1/16" increment sizes can come in handy.