Well, very excited looked at many diffrent chinese manufacturers and decided to go with exitech because of their loyal following here, getting a small one first and going frome there! Got a question though are these little machines coming with er-16 or a larger size collet? i could not find and larger the 3/8 in this collet size but apparently i am getting a 12.7mm or 1/2" collet with it.

it will depend on the spindle you get!

jim

Well, very excited looked at many diffrent chinese manufacturers and decided to go with exitech because of their loyal following here, getting a small one first and going frome there! Got a question though are these little machines coming with er-16 or a larger size collet? i could not find and larger the 3/8 in this collet size but apparently i am getting a 12.7mm or 1/2" collet with it.

xjdubber,
That is the same machine I have and it will be an ER-16 collet. The collet taper is 1/2" to accept ER16. 3/8" shank will be the largest bit you can use. Magnate and Onsrude make a decent selection of 3/8" shank bits along with the neccessary collets. Your machine will only have a 6mm and 3.2mm collet with the supplied kit.
Brian

xjdubber,
That is the same machine I have and it will be an ER-16 collet. The collet taper is 1/2" to accept ER16. 3/8" shank will be the largest bit you can use. Magnate and Onsrude make a decent selection of 3/8" shank bits along with the neccessary collets. Your machine will only have a 6mm and 3.2mm collet with the supplied kit.
Brian

yeah kinda what i figured, onsrud tooling is great ive worked a lot with their tooling before, might buy some collets of ebay though. How are you liking your machine?