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There must be a sheet metal shop around that has offcuts to dispose of.
that's what I was going to say.6.99 at Amazon, you could probably get good prices at the discount auto stores too.
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Oww! That compound is painful to look at.I made a QCTP some years ago, following an old magazine article I found on line. Might have been Popular Mechanics. I can't find it now. It was along the same lines as the Norman post mentioned above. You can make holders to suit a wide variety of bits.
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Totally agree about the cost and adaptability factors. I'm currently finishing up a Norman-style tool holder for a dial indicator. I got tired of swapping it in and out of one of my preexisting holders. That's six so far -- three for conventional tools (and my DI), one parting blade, a boring bar and one for a diamond/tangential style cutter. I made the post out of steel and the holders are 6061 aluminum. They are plenty rigid, more so than my little 7x12 lathe itself. Folks with bigger lathes probably want to use steel throughout.One of the nice things about the Norman QCTP is the low cost. For under $100 I bought enough material to make 20 tool holders. And they can be made to fit any lathe. If you have more than one lathe as long as the post is the same OD you can use the tool holders on both lathes. Won't even have to adjust the height if the post bases are made to compensate for different center line heights.