I received the 1/2" mt2 endmill holder. I cut down a grade 8 screw to make a button to eject the taper just like the tang usually does. My spring loaded tap guide will live in it. I'll have to wait until next week to get the rest of them.
I broke down and bought a set of Accusize R8 collets, it was a good buy. The only time I use a chuck is for odd ball stuff and odd sized drill bits.I have a drill chuck on an R8 and two on straight shanks. I also have an R8 to mt2 adapter. Now I'll have 3 on mt2.
If I was going to do a bunch of tool changes on the mill I'd use my er16 and er20 collet chucks to hold all the different tools.
Stefan Gotteswinter mounts drills in Morse taper toolpost holders instead of the tailstock for the same reason: It saves him time on tool changes. Moving the carriage back and forth is much faster than moving the tailstock back and forth. I think he still uses a chuck on it, though. (An Albrecht.)
Rick "has one of those holders but hasn't tried it out yet" Denney
I see you have spaced your DRO Scale out to get to your cross slide lock, this is something IO need to do as well. I also nee to build an extension for my tail stock quill because the DRO scale and extensions make it too short.I am extremely happy with how this came out.
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I have a no 3 and no 4 center drill in their own tapers, two different sizes of chamfer tools, and 3 drill chucks. That and my spring tap guide.
Stefan Gotteswinter mounts drills in Morse taper toolpost holders instead of the tailstock for the same reason: It saves him time on tool changes. Moving the carriage back and forth is much faster than moving the tailstock back and forth. I think he still uses a chuck on it, though. (An Albrecht.)
Rick "has one of those holders but hasn't tried it out yet" Denney