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This is what Hex stock looks like held in a "round" collet...notice the points of the hex are indexed so they do not fall into the slots of the collet. Is this how it was intended to be used? Nope. Does this save time if your lathe is set up for collets and you just need to take some light cuts and don't want to change out to 3 jaw chuck? You betcha!