Boley and leinen collets

[Neverenoughwatches]

I've been watching these collets for my lathe for nearly a year now, i need inspiration.  No draw bar with them, which has held me back from buying ...not as accurate also considering ER collets that i could chuck up.  Just looking for inspiration chaps.

[RichardHarris123]

Would buying them make you happy?  If so go for it.

[tomh207]

Looking at lathes.co.uk Boley &leinen look close enough to wolf Jahn collets to get away with. The drawbar thread is very close in diameter, 0.270 vs 0.68 and both are 40 TPI Rich.

@Neverenoughwatches

 

Tom

[Neverenoughwatches]

5 hours ago, tomh207 said:

Looking at lathes.co.uk Boley &leinen look close enough to wolf Jahn collets to get away with. The drawbar thread is very close in diameter, 0.270 vs 0.68 and both are 40 TPI Rich.

@Neverenoughwatches

 

Tom

The seller has listed the collet dimensions as 15mm collets with a 13mm thread... I've confirmed this with the bearings, they're big compared to a watchmaker's lathe but it opens up what i can use this for, i can also get some ER collets for the MT 2 tailstock which will make it so much more useful. Just a shame about the drawbar, I'm sure i could get one made, i would have a go myself first.