That's not a bad chuck, it's a DA400, you could in theory find a 7/16" collet to hold a reamer, but the question is if that is even a floating holder? It certainly doesn't look like it. It looks like a Kenametal DA400 collet chuck, best I can tell...but what do I know...it's your tool not mine!All this talk of reamer holders lately had me looking at ebay for things I don't need. I came across this Kennametal floating reamer holder. It seemed interesting because it has the usual parallel float, as well as angular.
They retail for 900-ish dollars, and was "unused, no box" for about 120 bucks. I figured I might as well give it a whirl.
USPS showed up today... and... it's a little bigger than I expected. I was laughing for several minutes.
Have a laugh at my expense. It might be useful if I ever do a BMG.
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Can you elaborate on this? Sometimes the bony plates in my skull dont let much through. Thanks...His can handle angular misalignment, JGS can’t.
Thanks for posting that. Today’s education theme continues.I like this diagram.
I thought the comment was good, I certainly got what you were saying and didn’t even think about it the wrong wayI deleted some of my comment because I wasn't implying anything about people here. I was thinking more in terms of guys I've worked with in the past. I don't want to be taken the wrong way.
Talk to me about the differences. I’ve got both. I “think” I like the newer (smaller) one better, but I go back and forth. The older one is a bit stiffer. I haven’t tried to take either apart.JGS is a great product. They have a newer smaller version that's built "differently"
It's not spring loaded - but it's so big and heavy it might as well be. It's 8lbs with the collet. I have shotguns that weigh less! - Can you take the springs out of the somma?lol, that is a biggin. I bet you got that on eBay. I almost bought it before going rigid. I still may buy one if yours works. Can you tell me if if is spring loaded? Meaning does it want to spring back to the center? The Somma one I bought did this and it caused issues.
God Bless,
Dustin