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One of the projects I'm thinking of tackling this summer is a copy of the Armstrong spring toolholder, for use on a shaper. There's a pretty good discussion of them here.
I was curious what form of steel would be suitable, given the inherent spring in the main form. My first thought was to use tool steel, but I see that McMaster-Carr has some 5160 spring steel available, and that looks pretty ideal (if rather pricey).
Any thoughts?
I was curious what form of steel would be suitable, given the inherent spring in the main form. My first thought was to use tool steel, but I see that McMaster-Carr has some 5160 spring steel available, and that looks pretty ideal (if rather pricey).
Any thoughts?