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  • Dremel Collet Holder

    A set of Dremel-knockoff collets & chucks will come in handy for an upcoming project:

    Dremel collet holder - in use
    Dremel collet holder – in use

    All the parts arrived jammed into the clear box where I had trouble figuring out the collet sizes.

    A few minutes with LightBurn and a scrap of 6 mm white acrylic produced a collet holder / organizer:

    Dremel collet holder - detail
    Dremel collet holder – detail

    Seen in the cold light of day, the upper 1.8 and 2.0 mm collets look swapped, which pretty much demonstrates the need for the holder.

    The nice engraved letters come from scribbling a chisel-tip black marker before peeling the protective paper off the acrylic. The black lacquer crayon I intended to use must be in a different box than the markers, but the results suffice for the intended purpose.