Tool Holders

[doubleboost]

Hi
I bought a quick change tool post for my boxford some time ago you only get 2 standard holders with the set.
Rob Wilson gave me a length of steel from a stacker truck fork(he reckoned it would be shiney on the inside)
A Friend of mine cut the dove tail for me on his big CNC mill
Now it was my turn
The bar was 15 inches long i have already used most of it this is the last bit

3 faces were machined square so i could hold it in the vice


My diy fly cutter cleaned the block up

This material is not hard but it is very tough
Next the tool slot was milled

Some drilling and tapping



John

[EdK]

That looks like some pretty shiny metal stuff going on there John. Maybe Rob doesn't have a monopoly on shiny metal stuff.

Ed

[DaveH]

John,

Looks like Rob was correct it is shiny on the inside.

Looks very good and nice John
So how many tool holders did you make?

DaveH

[doubleboost]

Hi
Dave i made 6 still not enough
It is easy to get them shiney getting them all the same size and shiney is the hard part
John

[RobWilson]

Nice going John

I cut up some more forks tother day ,,, you want another length of bar

Rob

[f350ca]

Nicely done John. I have a couple of chunks of fork I cut out when shortening a set for someone. How hard is it to machine, I cut them with an abrasive saw thinking they'ed be pretty hard, mind you they weld fine.

[krv3000]

well dun john a good bit of work gowing on ther

[doubleboost]

(06-09-2012, 08:52 PM)f350ca Wrote: Nicely done John. I have a couple of chunks of fork I cut out when shortening a set for someone. How hard is it to machine, I cut them with an abrasive saw thinking they'ed be pretty hard, mind you they weld fine.

Hi
Greg the fork i had machined fine plenty of coolant
John

[f350ca]

Thanks John, guess it makes sense that they can't be too hard or would be brittle and not withstand the loads put on them. Will dig those chunks out and see what they look like.

[PixMan]

I admire those of you who have time to make such things. While I have the tooling, and can get the material, I don't know if I'd ever find the time to make in several hours that which I can buy for about $8 to $27 in a few seconds from Tools4Cheap.net.



Seriously, I do appreciate the effort. I just wish I could justify it for my time. Good job!