Seem like most of the stuff I’ve searched are older threads. Whats the difference between the one on the Carbide site, and the one Elaire sells? Which one should i get?
The reducing collet from Carbide 3D is a second part which fits into a 1/4" collet — if you have a good collet it’s fine (I used one for a while on my Shapeoko 1 w/ a Harbor Freight 1/4" trim router).
The Elaire Corp. collet lives up to the name “Precision Collet” and is wonderfully well made out of quality steel — I got one out of the first production batch: https://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3445&start=30#p26616 and liked it sufficiently to purchase a replacement 1/4" one for the stock collet as well.
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What would you recommend? I just have the stock collet that came with the router. What advantages come with a higher quality collet?
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Sam, if you hop on youtube, I believe @wmoy did some testing on a “high precision” collets.
I use a cheap split-bushing style reducer from amana (cost about $15) and it’s accurate far beyond the accuracy of my machine. I also looked hard at the precision collets, but there’s no need from what I’ve seen.
Please see the test cuts at the link:
Sometimes Disqus re-writes URLS.
Here it is as a manually created link:
EDIT: Since then, Carbide 3D has begun offering collets:
which also fit in the Makita RT0701/0700 and Elaire Corp. has collets for the Makita RT0701/0700 which fit in the Carbide Compact Router for folks who want more sizes and don’t wish to get the ER-11 Carbide Compact Router.