DIY Spindle - What type of bearings are best suited for a spindle.

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I have a rotary tool with a collet type chuck, but all the bits and small end mill cutters never seem to fit !! the little mini drill thing that I'm using is a little 3 jaw chuck that will just about take a 3/16 bit at a push. its just theres a new keyless chuck in dads stuff

The collet chuck would be spot on but I can spend on essentials first like software then upgrade as I go...it says jacobs taper is that the same as the taper in the back of a bigger jacobs chuck?

The Lathe is a Faircut Junior and my Dad served his time in Sheffield and started on one of these around 1950...Then when he saw this one for sale early eighties he bought it for his retirement - I just had to make room for it and could never part with it http://www.lathes.co.uk/faircut/