Kress 1050 FME-1 Parts

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Hey guys i am looking for:

A Power cable
a NUt and some collets.

If any one has any?

I don't have the Kress, but know that CNC-Plus is selling it and also sells spare parts.

https://cnc-plus.de/

Also Sorotec sells it.

https://www.sorotec.de/shop/

I am a regular customer at these companies and in my experience they are very reliable, shipping fast and for a reasonable cost. I am very happy with the quality they deliver and the service they provide.

In fact, I originally wanted to use Kress but discarded it partially due to the collet they are using, which is non-standard. It is pretty expensive to have a collection of them, especially if you want a few of each dimension which are frequently used as well. The other thing is that it is just an ordinary one phase motor, like an angle grinder. I think that a VFD and a spindle is a better alternative and in the end, with all the extra collets I have, is not even more expensive.

[CrazeUK]

I don't have the Kress, but know that CNC-Plus is selling it and also sells spare parts.

https://cnc-plus.de/

Also Sorotec sells it.

https://www.sorotec.de/shop/

I am a regular customer at these companies and in my experience they are very reliable, shipping fast and for a reasonable cost. I am very happy with the quality they deliver and the service they provide.

In fact, I originally wanted to use Kress but discarded it partially due to the collet they are using, which is non-standard. It is pretty expensive to have a collection of them, especially if you want a few of each dimension which are frequently used as well. The other thing is that it is just an ordinary one phase motor, like an angle grinder. I think that a VFD and a spindle is a better alternative and in the end, with all the extra collets I have, is not even more expensive.

Hey thanks for these links, I'll check them out. The parts for this thing do seem really expensive, and limited in number of suppliers. I think, I'll get a collet, nut, and cable and maybe sell it and invest in a vfd and spindle.

What size collet would you say is standard?

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Hey thanks for these links, I'll check them out. The parts for this thing do seem really expensive, and limited in number of suppliers. I think, I'll get a collet, nut, and cable and maybe sell it and invest in a vfd and spindle.

What size collet would you say is standard?

That depends on what you work with and which cutters you are using. I have 10 x 1/8" 10 x 4mm and 10 x 6mm ER11 collets, apart from the complete ER11 series. I am using a lot of very small tools and I find it easiest to have a large collection of collets and collet nuts. If I wanted to have the same set for Kress I'd had to spend a small fortune on these. ER11 and ER16 collets are cheap, so it is no big deal buying these in large numbers.

[CrazeUK]

That depends on what you work with and which cutters you are using. I have 10 x 1/8" 10 x 4mm and 10 x 6mm ER11 collets, apart from the complete ER11 series. I am using a lot of very small tools and I find it easiest to have a large collection of collets and collet nuts. If I wanted to have the same set for Kress I'd had to spend a small fortune on these. ER11 and ER16 collets are cheap, so it is no big deal buying these in large numbers.

So basically i should at some point sell the Kress and get a spindle?
I am looking into a VFD and a spindle set up, going to see how much it would cost to convert.

FOr the kress, just to get me playing, do you recommend any "standard" size that i can get bits for easily - i.e. off fleabay to experiment with.

e.g. A 8mm collet may house a number of different sized bits that are thinner or types
Thanks