On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 16:34, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> I've seen that toolpost on your lathe in the videos. And finally found > it in a Chinese version on ebay as a kit with 4 holders, which is > probably 15 or 20 too few if one intends to actually use the tooltable, > and fairly pricy at $350 USD. http://www.createtool.com/list.asp?cid=33 Is what I have. > What advantages do you see in what you have over a basic two sided wedge > which the BOSTAR is? I don't know. Maybe it's a cultural thing but Europe tends to use Multifix, the UK used to use mainly Dickson and the US uses Aloris. The 40 indexed positions allows me to set up tool offsets for multiple angles of the same tool holder. http://www.lathes.co.uk/latheparts/page13.html -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
