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2nd Dec 2011, 06:40 AM #1Novice
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My first contribution....simple tool holder
This is my first post here and I hope I am going about it the right way?
Real simple tool holder...
Having come to the conclusion that HSS will be the turning tool of choice from now on I needed to get some tool holders, so, nothing to do but make a couple of them...
Start with a bit of steel, nothing special just mild steel rectangular....
IMGP9402 by aardvark_akubra, on Flickr
The mill vice was set to about 6 degrees...
IMGP9404 by aardvark_akubra, on Flickr
Now I thought this was a good idea, two very strong magnets holding the workpiece flush with the top of the vice jaws...
IMGP9403 by aardvark_akubra, on Flickr
.............well, it seemed to be a good idea at the time.
I started milling a slot using a two flute milling tool and a dribble of cutting fluid....
IMGP9405 by aardvark_akubra, on Flickr
..............you can see the problem already, the chips are magnetic and dont want to be brushed aside! Oh dear!
Slot cut and a bit of a tidy up of the metal..
IMGP9409 by aardvark_akubra, on Flickr
..... the tool is a slide fit in the slot.
A bit of precision work with the aptly named hack saw...
IMGP9410 by aardvark_akubra, on Flickr
Some cold blue makes it look somewhat presentable...
IMGP9413 by aardvark_akubra, on Flickr
And it works a treat.....
IMGP9412 by aardvark_akubra, on Flickr
..... the tool post clamp puts enough pressure on to close the saw cut a little and grip the tool.
I am so pleased I think I will make another one..
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2nd Dec 2011, 11:31 AM #2
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2nd Dec 2011, 03:52 PM #3Golden Member
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Very tidy...I love it.
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2nd Dec 2011, 04:50 PM #4Distracted Member
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John, welcome from across the ditch. I've made some similar holders, but didn't rake them, and wasn't smart enough to take the slit right through. I thought I needed a hinge. Seeing yours I realise that's silly, and it just made the tolerance on the tool slot needlessly tight.
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2nd Dec 2011, 04:52 PM #5Most Valued Member
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2nd Dec 2011, 06:18 PM #6Novice
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Hi, thanks for the comments everyone.
Yes Stuart I do have a demagnetizer, it is from an old main frame tape eraser and works quite well.
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3rd Dec 2011, 12:42 AM #7Dave J Guest
Hi John,
Good to see you over here and posting your tool holder up,
Now you need to and show everyone that little lathe stand of yours.
Dave
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3rd Dec 2011, 06:36 AM #8Novice
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3rd Dec 2011, 07:09 AM #9Dave J Guest
Hi John,
You can just put the links in from photo bucket etc.
Dave
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3rd Dec 2011, 09:59 AM #10Novice
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Dave, is this the lathe stand you are referring to?
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3rd Dec 2011, 01:01 PM #11
G'day & welcome John finally found us huh? Hows the bike going?
Cheers
Pete (49)Boycott Shampoo!!
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3rd Dec 2011, 02:15 PM #12Novice
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Hi Pete, do you mean the box bike or the Douglas? I took the box bike for a ride today out to the airport museum and it was a real slog getting it home against one of our famous nor'westers.
The Douglas has been offered for sale, even had a ken buyer in the UK but that fell through when he found he would have to pay VAT on it. Maybe for the best as the ship it would have likely be on is now lying on a reef off NZ.
John
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5th Dec 2011, 02:02 PM #13
Hi John yes the box bike Maybe time to motorise it I'm thinking of building this [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwh2hYEJUCs]Home Built Recumbent Trike. Detailed plans and construction Steps. - YouTube[/ame] and maybe addind a Z-Box motor or electric using the electric motor from an old gofer I have been given.
Lucky for the guy not going ahead then the chances of him getting it would have been a worry
PeteBoycott Shampoo!!
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7th Dec 2011, 06:25 AM #14Novice
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Hi Pete, I have thought of motorising it using a Fisher and Paykel washing machine motor as I have a box of those. Maybe do something quaint like a pusher trailer...
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8th Dec 2011, 10:02 PM #15
now theres an idea. a pusher trailer would be a clever move. I'll watch
PeteBoycott Shampoo!!
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