Cheap and easy R8 collet holder

[wshelley]

I recently bought a set of 25 R8 collets and was thinking of making a simple holder. While scrounging in the garage I noticed the collect would fit nicely in a piece of PVC pipe. A 10' piece of PVC (I think it is 1 1/2") cut into about 3.5" long pieces and about an hour later and now I have a compact holder for my collets. I used a couple of scraps of plywood to make a right angle jig and then glued the pieces together with PVC cement. A bonus is that it fits easily in the large drawer of my tool box.





Ward

[rmack898]

Nice idea. I never thought of using PVC cement that way. Another item on the list of things to do.

[38_Cal]

Very cool! And when you need more holders, it's easily expandable, too.

David
Montezuma, IA

[wierdscience]

Nice idea,you could probaly stagger in a fe piece of larger pipe to expand the spacing for larger tools like boring heads and slitting saw arbors.

[Spin Doctor]

seeing that I realize we need a smilie for smacking your forehead in a "Why didn't I think of that"

[outback]

Great idea. I would take it a step further and make a clear plastic cover for your collet holder. A cover will keep dirt and moiture away from your collets.
They will look like new for a very long time.

Below is a 5C collet holder that has a Lexan plastic lid.


Outback

[clutch]

Sweet, wonder if common plastic pipe fits 5c series?

Nice thinking there Ward

Clutch

[Alistair Hosie]

yep I would like something better for my 5c's too Alistair