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+--- Thread: Quick Change Toolpost for Storebro (/thread-1938.html)
RE: Quick Change Toolpost for Storebro - stevec - 02-08-2014
Oh Mike, what kinda steel did you use for your holders? Was it just plain ole Hot Rolled?
RE: Quick Change Toolpost for Storebro - PixMan - 02-08-2014
Nice idea, that swing-up holder.
Me, I've been threading with the compound slide infeed and retracting via the cross-slide so long (over 30 years) that I don't think I could ever wrap my head around using one of those. ;)
RE: Quick Change Toolpost for Storebro - Hawkeye - 02-08-2014
Steve, the steel is good ol' mystery metal from the scrappers, hot roll processed. Not the nicest finish, but workable.
Pix, I haven't tried it yet, but you have to have one to try it, so it made the list. Actually, I don't know how useful it will be, since the lathe isn't made to stop at a shoulder. I'm more likely to do SAE threads anyway, so I'll need to make a threading dial so I can drop off the half-nuts.