Show Us Your Shop Made Tooling!

8ntsane

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Hello everyone

I think we need a thread on our shop made tooling. This would be any tool, or fixture/ set up that you have come up with to get er done.

We all like making up tools, for our tools, so come on people,,Show them off here!
This can be a item you modded to get er done, or some thing you built from scratch. Mods that you made to you machine/ tooling to make it better.

So lets gets this started, dont be shy. This could be a good thread for newbies, and the experianced alike. I know we have many crafty devils in here, get your pics in here ;) tell us a bit about it. Simple , to hi tech,,its all good!
 
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They pale in comparison to yours and I've had some of these in other threads but here goes in order: hold down clamps made from thick walled pipe, 2 tool bit height gauges, threading stop and a handy run out indicator all to fit lampost tool holders, a group of brass hammers, a tool bit angle gauge for a Williams holder and last a tool post grinder.

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Really like the hold downs made from the pipe, do the work well? I would think there might be some flex issues.
 
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So far I haven't taxed them too hard. They seem to help when nothing else seems to fit. (clearance issues)


Bryan
 
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Bedwards
I seen seen your clamps you made out of heavy wall pipe in another post, and I picked up the pipe to build mine just yesterday.

I would like to see this thread grow, and members post pics of the tools they made, modded, or multi task. Its all good, we can all get some idea,s from a thread like this one. ;)
 
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8ntsane, that must be a good sized lathe to mount your vise vertically on? Mine's only an 11" swing. I'd like to pick up a smaller 3" vise to use on mine and on my Sheldon 0. (when I get some more fun money)


Bryan
 
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First a system for parting 125 mm steel in a 9 inch Boxford and then a tangential holder.
The tangential holder uses sticks between 4 and 5 mm square of carbide or stellite.(Tantung)

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8ntsane, that must be a good sized lathe to mount your vise vertically on? Mine's only an 11" swing. I'd like to pick up a smaller 3" vise to use on mine and on my Sheldon 0. (when I get some more fun money)


Bryan

Bryan
Yes, the lathe is a fair size, it swings 17 over the ways, and a bit over 10 over the saddle. Though its a bit short on centre to centre distance, only 30 inches. But at just over 4000 pds, its a ridgid machine
 
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Slick setup for managing the chucks. That would be real handy. :thumbzup:



Your design? Any chance of sharing the plans for the tangential TH? I'd love to have a 1/2" version and I really like the looks/design of yours.

Thanks,

-Ron

Ron
The design is just what I come up with looking at many different designs on the net. I went with the 1/2 tooling because of the size of my lathe. If you seach tandental tool holder, I posted it about a yr ago. shows more pics of the build. I used the band saw to rough it out, and if you look at the pics, the frond end was changed as it progressed.

Allso, on my tool holder, I didnt lay the tooling over like most people do. I saw no point in doing so, so I just did things my way, and it works well. I like the tool holder for working on jobs that require turning and facing operations. On initial set up, the tool dosnt need to have position alterd for turning or facing, and saves time. I perfer this tool for aluminum.

If I remember right, this tool took less than 4 hrs to make, a after noon project. If you need more pics in detail, let me know.
 
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