Finally picked up a fast-change collet chuck for the lathe. In good shape, too, it just needed some regreasing to get it to spin freely. Also grabbed an old set of hex collets -- hex collets are so cool! Next I need to build some collet racks to go in the lathe tooling drawers, now that I'm getting serious about my 5C collection.
@attoparsec TIL that there is a 5C collet chuck that's as fast as an ER collet chuck! Does it use planetary gears to transfer from the hand grip to the collet thread?
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