Kress 1050 FME-1 Parts

[A_Camera]

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