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25th May 2021, 10:12 PM #1Diamond Member
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Lathe tool holder holder
I always liked the sloping tool holders that some old lathes had. e.g.:
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however they are mainly used for collets or tailstock centres. I wanted something to hold my QCTP holders (which are "Italian" style).
Into the scrap pile I go, grab some little bits of angle iron,
and try to arrange the holders to hang on them: IMG_1501.jpg IMG_1502.jpg
The angle iron is Cadmium plated, so welding is risky. I spend way too much time working out how to Meccano them all together. Eventually, a bit of wood, some screws/bolts/UniStrut, and viola:
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The right-hand tools are up top, and a boring bar next down. Left hand, and threading, aren't used much, so are down the bottom.
To do:
1) At the moment this is on a base, but I will either hook it over the top of the splash tray, or mount it on a pole or two, so it can hover up above the tailstock.
2) Need to work out how to store a few centres on/in it. Timber blocks aren't really big enough to drill 2 or 3 holes in.
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25th May 2021, 10:44 PM #2Most Valued Member
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I’m guessing you are either ex Telstra or know someone that is/was.
Most original repurpose I’ve seen so far for one of the Bresight DDF support kits.
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25th May 2021, 10:49 PM #3Most Valued Member
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Nifty idea Nigel. For supporting your centres, measure about 3/4 of the way up your centre, and drill holes to suit in your angle iron brackets, similar to the angled collet stand.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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26th May 2021, 08:28 AM #4Diamond Member
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I thought the trayway hangers (last year) were more original:
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I also made a bookshelf from the DDF angle (no photo).
This hardware was from a DDF at Dalley St exchange (probably level 6). Someone had removed one of them and dumped it in the middle of the floor. Before I was made redundant, I went with a couple of 10mm spanners and stripped all the angle and bolts.
Also made a table from Ericsson cable guide hardware:
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26th May 2021, 09:10 AM #5Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Steel mesh pieces or shelves can be very useful for holding things like small chucks, centres, drawbars etc.
I have a 3m of mesh shelving behind my lathe made from 1" SS mesh and has proved very useful for this sort of thing.
You would think that stuff would regularly fall through the holes, and it did, but not as much as you might think. Eventually I worked out what objects did and didn't fall through and found other places for the pieces that kept falling through.
Unfortunately 1" mesh is too large for MT2/3 centres so I turned timber inserts that fit into the 1" mesh and have a hole just large enough prevent the centres from falling through.
Converting the mesh shelves back to regular shelving is easy by just placing some galv sheet metal or timber on top of the mesh.
Mesh shelves also let through any swarf and oil/coolant that collects on or ooze from some gear so they are not constantly sitting in a pool of this stuff.
Two of my chainsaw storage shelves are like this and also have low profile sheet metal trays suspended underneath the shelves to collect the oil drips.
Watch out for that cadmium as it's a very soluble metal inside the body and can trigger all sorts of the medical conditions. The maximum permitted daily intake for the average weight human is ~ 150µg per day which is about a small grain of sands worth. I would not recommend cutting it with a hack or band saw, let alone welding or grinding it, inside a shed, even while wearing a mask as the swarf/dust will permanently contaminate the inside of the shed. If you need to cut it suggest doing it outside the shed, wear a disposable mask and gloves, once done wash clothes and have a shower.
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26th May 2021, 06:37 PM #7Senior Member
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Nigel
Didn't take long to recognize that metalwork, as I was installing & decommissioning 2meg & ISDN 10,20,30's from 2007 all over Sydney.
In 98 we built the new QANTAS IT network (Cisco gear) on one of the floors in Dally, before we took it out and installed. Got back to installing
a IT networks in 2015 until redundancy the end of 18.
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27th May 2021, 09:41 PM #8Diamond Member
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and, looking through a Pinterest email tonight...
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28th May 2021, 08:22 AM #9Most Valued Member
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I ordered a router bit last week with a view to making something like the second link in aluminium.
I’m figuring that one will be a long term project with the bit coming from Vic.
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28th May 2021, 08:44 AM #10Philomath in training
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You can do something with shaped brackets if you like, but this is my lathe tool storage. Just uses pieces of Al angle. No milling, 3D printing or shaping required.
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28th May 2021, 08:55 AM #11
AXA Toolholder rack
This is my effort.
MarkI've become a tool of my tools.
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30th May 2021, 06:57 PM #12Diamond Member
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more images/options...
Crappy web site, but a few more ideas here:CNCCookbook: Lathe Tooling Organizers
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1st Jun 2021, 11:15 AM #13Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Found a pic of part of my mesh shelves showing how it can store a lot of tooling in a small space.
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1st Jul 2021, 07:39 AM #14Diamond Member
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Sloping tool holder
Bolted some angle on the back of the Hercus's base:
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Lopped it off at a suitable height, attached a bracket:
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Drilled some random 16mm and 18mm holes in the cheapest material I could find:
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and filled it up:
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This was just a rough sample. Next time, for the bigger lathe, I will use thick PolyPropylene (white chopping board plastic) instead of cardboard (er, MDF).
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