On Sunday 05 January 2020 15:27:03 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 16:34, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> 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
They are seriously in need of a web page composer, too much info to guide one to make the correct order is just plain missing. > > 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. So I bought the BOSTAR BXA 5 piece kit and 3 extra tool holders, $235 total, 4-5 day delivery. I *think* it will use the same tool holders as this no-name piece of junk. If its not pinned, well, neither is this one or the riser block under it which is purposely off-centered to increase the working travel. But this riser is purposely dished about a thou both top and bottom to make sure the contact to keep it from spinning is on the outside edge. Seems to work pretty well. We'll see by the end of the week. > http://www.lathes.co.uk/latheparts/page13.html Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
