Anyone use ER32 collets in their lathe tailstock?

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I bought a bunch of jacobs 14n chucks for my lathe tailstock, but i did a little research and it appears that the collets are more accurate than my high dollar chucks. Im thinking about buying a couple sets for my big lathe and my mini lathe. I know they are great for a mill, i just wonder if they will be great for my lathes. I like the idea of .0002 runout. Thanks.

Joe
 
Er32

Waste of money in my opinion. .0002 is more accurate than the stroke of your tailstock quill. They are great for rotational accuracy but your jacobs are plenty accurate for drilling.
 
We use them at work, ours is actually ER40.
I have been thinking about making a holder for the tailstock assembly on the Taig, but just have not got to it yet.
I was looking at using the Smaller ER20 , as the nut is smaller and over all length is shorter as well.
 
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