How advantageous is the ability to easily rotate your toolpost holders when using the multi fix tool post?
It seems like a logical conclusion that being able to easily rotate your tool holder is the primary and maybe the only reason to choose the multifix tool post for your lathe over the aloris/clone wedge type qctp.
I imagine many users in both camps prefer their setup... there may be aspects I didn't consider, pros and cons.
I was about to order a bunch of holders for my Aloris BXA for my new lathe but then thought why not look at the multifix setup before I cross the point of no return. I found peweetools out of Germany who has several holders and seemingly high quality multifix tool post clones that are reasonably priced. He does seem to provide some proprietary holders and sizes. I like his parting bar holders and boring bar/morse taper sleeve holders. For my lathe, which has a 45mm (1.77") compound to center line they suggested size A and size E was likely too large. Size A may require a small shim under the toolpost to raise it up just a bit. Size A is one of the original standard sizes, so that would be nice if I wanted to source holders from another source.
It seems like a logical conclusion that being able to easily rotate your tool holder is the primary and maybe the only reason to choose the multifix tool post for your lathe over the aloris/clone wedge type qctp.
I imagine many users in both camps prefer their setup... there may be aspects I didn't consider, pros and cons.
I was about to order a bunch of holders for my Aloris BXA for my new lathe but then thought why not look at the multifix setup before I cross the point of no return. I found peweetools out of Germany who has several holders and seemingly high quality multifix tool post clones that are reasonably priced. He does seem to provide some proprietary holders and sizes. I like his parting bar holders and boring bar/morse taper sleeve holders. For my lathe, which has a 45mm (1.77") compound to center line they suggested size A and size E was likely too large. Size A may require a small shim under the toolpost to raise it up just a bit. Size A is one of the original standard sizes, so that would be nice if I wanted to source holders from another source.
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