01-20-2017, 08:13 PM
Some might find these tool holders interesting. Tangentials in particular took my interest so I played around with different designs I came up with and these are the results. I don't have a mill so I use a vertical slide on my lathe for any milling work. Trying to shape metal using an end mill and vertical slide is extremely time consuming and very limiting so the holders I made are built up from shaped, smaller bits and pieces welded together and then linished and filed to give an acceptable finish.
A little later I also made some drophead (English style) as well. Unfortunately, rheumatoid arthritis has taken a huge toll on my body so the use of many tools is either not possible or very limiting, not to mention painful. Hammering and filing are now impossible and winding the wheels on my lathe is extremely painful so I have to keep my time on the tools to a minimum.
I have figured out a couple of alternatives, the wife being the most useful, closely followed by an electric file, I haven't found an alternative to the hammer yet, other than the wife, and she's not fussed on using hammers, go figure. She refuses point blank to use the lathe too, says it's dirty, noisy and scary, ridiculous I say! Anyway, the point of the preceding is, I can't get a finish that is acceptable to me anymore so have to put up with crappy looking tools. Such is life - a real bitch!
A little later I also made some drophead (English style) as well. Unfortunately, rheumatoid arthritis has taken a huge toll on my body so the use of many tools is either not possible or very limiting, not to mention painful. Hammering and filing are now impossible and winding the wheels on my lathe is extremely painful so I have to keep my time on the tools to a minimum.
I have figured out a couple of alternatives, the wife being the most useful, closely followed by an electric file, I haven't found an alternative to the hammer yet, other than the wife, and she's not fussed on using hammers, go figure. She refuses point blank to use the lathe too, says it's dirty, noisy and scary, ridiculous I say! Anyway, the point of the preceding is, I can't get a finish that is acceptable to me anymore so have to put up with crappy looking tools. Such is life - a real bitch!