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David Kirtley:
Well, a bit more practice. I have enough of the stock ones for my insert tooling but I have to swap them out when I want to use HSS tooling. Kind of defeats the purpose of a QCTP. 

I picked up a piece of scrap AL and cut the dovetail in one long strip. Then I cut them apart on the bandsaw and squared them up. I made them a little smaller than the stock ones from A2Z CNC.   I sized them to use the smaller 1/4 and 3/16 tools that Harbor Freight has as opposed to the 3/8 bits that the A2Z holders take.  The last one is not quite finished yet. I am going to drill it to fit the 1/4 round HSS bits to use for boring.

For now, I have the 8-32 SHCS because I am waiting on my order of set screws. The adjuster is a 10-32 brass screw with a knurled knob and lock nut. Just picked these up from the big box store today. I have not tried my knurling tool yet. I just wanted to get these finished so I can use them. I really like the insert tooling on steel but the HSS leaves a better finish on AL.

ksor:
Nice work !

I still have mine to do ... http://kelds.weebly.com/vaeligrktoslashjsholdere-til-hurtigskifteren.html

but my milll is down for updating http://kelds.weebly.com/udskifte-knaelig-paring-vpf-1.html

Let Google do the translation for you - set it to ALWAYS translate my website.

David Kirtley:
That horizontal mill sure leaves a nice finish.  I think my entire tool holder would fit inside of yours :)

kvom:
You can never have too many holders.  Great job.

Xldevil:
Hello.
Nice work,but don't you think that AL is too soft in the long term?
Cheers,Ralph

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