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Important Update Regarding Sherline Products
October 20, 2026
We would like to share an encouraging development regarding the future of Sherline Products.
We are currently in discussions with an American manufacturer regarding the potential purchase of Sherline’s intellectual property and remaining inventory. The goal of this proposed acquisition is to preserve and revitalize the Sherline brand while providing continued availability of replacement parts, accessories, and machines for our valued customers.
As these discussions progress, we have agreed to temporarily suspend accepting new orders, effective October 19, 2026. This will allow us to preserve our remaining inventory while negotiations are underway.
Although no final agreement has been reached, we are hopeful that this opportunity will provide a positive path forward for the Sherline name and the customers who have trusted our products for more than five decades.
We sincerely appreciate your patience, understanding, and continued loyalty during this transition. We will share additional information as soon as it becomes available.
Our greatest hope is that the Sherline legacy of quality, precision, and American craftsmanship will continue for generations to come.

Karl Rohlin III and Charla Papp
Co-Owners, Sherline Products, Inc.
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WW Collet with 1″ blank

SKU: 2083 Categories: ,

Product Description

About the WW collet with 1″ blank

To make it easy for you to make your own custom tool holder, we now provide a 1″ diameter blank collet without a hole or slots. It is made from free-machining steel, so you can drill and machine it to whatever shape you need. The shaft is pre-machined and threaded to accept your WW collet holder.

These collets are general-purpose blanks that take advantage of the WW collet adapter and drawbar for rapid application in the lathe or mill. If you want to read more about WW collets, see the link in the Instruction tab. Sherline also makes a #1 Morse blank.

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The improper use of machine tools and their accessories can result in serious injury. Before using this tool, thoroughly read the instructions and make sure you understand its proper and safe use.

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P/N SIZE WEIGHT PRICE
2083 WW Collet w/ 1″ blank .05 lb. $30.00
1163 8.0 mm Collet adapter and drawbar .5 lb. $55.00

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    WW Collet Sets

    Collets provide a quick, easy method of mounting cylindrical parts or bar stock in the lathe with a great deal of centering accuracy. Each collet is actually a small, precision 3-jaw chuck that fits into a special tapered adapter in the headstock. A drawbar that passes through the headstock and threads into the backside of the collet is used to draw the collet up into the tapered adapter. The adapter causes the jaws of the collet to close down, gripping the part to be machined. Typically, collets provide a very accurate part mounting system, but each size collet can accommodate only a small range of diameters of approximately ±.001" (.02mm).

    WW collets differ from milling collets in that they have a hole all the way through the collet and drawbar. The maximum diameter stock that can pass entirely through the collet is 3/16" or 4.5mm. The WW collets that are larger than this diameter are sometimes referred to as "pot" chucks.

    The Sherline WW collet set includes a WW style collet taper adapter, a drawbar, and a set of five WW collets. These collets are manufactured by Sherline and are built to standard WW specifications; however, we have come across collets that are called WW and will not fit our drawbar and adapter. Be sure to check WW collets made by other manufacturers to be sure they fit our adapter before you purchase them. Sherline manufactures a slightly larger .315" adapter and drawbar set that will accommodate some of these other brands.

    Collet Accuracy

    These collets have a maximum runout of .002" or less. If the WW collet adapter is trued in as suggested in the instructions, it will run dead true. This will allow the collet runout to be at its best. Collet sizes above 3/16" (4.5mm), considered pot chucks, are not bored through. They are only bored .260" deep and depending on your setup and length of the part, you may experience greater runout further away from the front of the collet.

    5-piece collet set includes:
    • WW Collet Adapter*
    • Drawbar & 3/8" Knockout Bar
    • Set of 5 Collets: Inch set: 1/16", 1/8", 3/16", 1/4", and 5/16" Metric set: 2.0 mm, 3.0 mm, 4.0 mm, 5.0 mm, and 6.0 mm
    *NOTE: Our WW collet adapter does not have a keyway pin for the collets. Our customers have been using our WW collets on our lathes without a key pin for over forty years without any problems.

    Other Collet Sets

    Sherline also offers sets that include a wider selection of collets. It includes 17-inch size collets from 1/16 to 5/16", while the metric set includes 14 metric collets from 1.5 mm to 8.0 mm. These sets come in an oak box with a divider that has extra holes for more collets should you add them later. It also includes a drawbar, a collet adapter, knockout bar, two collet pot chucks, and a collet blank.

    The largest set we offer includes 78 collets from 0.3 mm to 8.0 mm by 0.1 mm increments. This comes in an oak box with 96 holes in case you add some inch sizes but does not include the adapter, drawbar or other accessory items in the sets described above.

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