QCTP Tool Organiser For The Lathe
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- In this video I build a tool organiser for my QCTP tool holders, and my tailstock tools. This will make access to these tools a lot easier. It will also unclutter and make some more space in the rack where I was keeping the tool holders.
Nicely documented tool holder organization , everything is handy with a dedicated space. Enjoyed and learned a trick or two, cheers!
No problem, thanks for watching.
Good idea. Simple and effective design.
And that's an impressive collection of toolholders you have :)
Thanks Michel. I hope you don't mind making a guest appearance with your "It works" message.
Great idea Jon.
Looking forward to see something similar for your wood lathe
Thanks Thinus. The wood lathe chisels are all on the wall in a homemade wooden holder. Maybe they were not there last time you were around?
That's a solid build. Thank you for sharing.
One note: The buzzing in the audio is tough on us headphone wearers. Most video editors have an audio filter that can clean that up, at least a bit.
No problem.
Thanks for mentioning the buzzing. I did not know it was there when I was making the video. It is hard to hear on my PC through the speakers. But, I do notice that it is more pronounced when watching the video on my phone. May be it is the tinny speakers on the phone? Anyway, I will see if it comes on the next video and I will try to filter it out.
Nice job Jon, I have never looked back since I made mine a year or so ago, far better than having stuff kicking around in the chip tray and up on the headstock. Cheers, Jon🏴
I still have stuff kicking around in the chip tray and on the headstock. But, I should be able to move that over to the shelf where the tool holders were now. Thanks for watching.
Nice work, and since you painted it, it's "elegant" :)
Thank you.
Great job John
Thanks Matty.
I have a 14 inch Clausing lathe that I rebuilt, it did not have s splash pan so I made one and bent the top to accommodate my tooling , I really like it!
Yes, having the tools close and easy to access is really good. Thanks for watching.
nice idea, i am going to copy it! 😉 ...will help me a lot...thanks!
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Never liked arranging tools, tapers, drills etc onto steel holders, particularly the tapers, the steel support marks them. I started using HDPE sheet with taper holes for anything with a taper. We did a big sheet for taper twist drills from 13mm to 50mm in 1mm increments for the radial arm drill at one place I worked at, looked fatastic and provided the full support needed.
Good info. Maybe I should look at some soft insert or something to line the holes for the tailstock tools.
You could make them out of aluminium, Tig weld strips. If you have enough clearance, use duct tape on the metal strips for the tool holders
Looks great and very effective.
Thank you.
Another sweet as video.
Thank you.
I enjoyed your video. I have to start thinking about organizing my tools.
Thanks for watching. I have other tools that also need to be organized. May be that will be in future videos.
You can never have enough toolholders so it's good that you have room for expansion.
Thanks Mark. Yes, those new tool holders wont all be occupied right away, some some room to expand. I got quite a few extra tool holders because they were less than 1/3 of the price compared to getting them locally.
That's great. Might do one myself
Thanks for watching.
Great custom build!
Thank you.
Nicely done! I think you don't have enough tool holders though 😂
I probably have enough now. I got those ones from Aliexpress for $40 each including tax and shipping. They are about $130 each locally.
@@thehobbymachinistnz I was being cheeky 😜
Great Idea and well made, I might steal it 😁 My offering this week, (Out on Friday) gives a shout-out to you for providing the inspiration to have a crack at something you made, plus part 2 the week after will contain a snippet from your video from when you made yours. But Shhhhh don't tell anyone. 👍
Now you got me guessing which video you are referring to. I will need to wait until Friday I guess...
@@thehobbymachinistnz Yeap, I will keep you in suspense, but I will say it was something you made a year ago, it's taken me until now to have the confidence in my Lathe and Mill to have a crack at it.👍
Funny, we just made one similarly made of aluminum angle though. Didn’t want steel angle beating up the tool holders. Our Makerspace is hell on some things.
Yes, I have see a few on YT made from aluminum. That would be more kind on the dovetails.
Well implemented
Thank you.
Very nice. Will add that to my project list. Hey I'm fairly new to at home machining (yacht maintenance mainly), and one thing I am really struggling to nail is where in NZ to get small quantities of stock. Specifically 6061 ally bar, 316 stainless and Acetal or Delrin. Got any tips in that department?
I have never brought ally, stainless or acetal/delrin so I don't not know where to source them from. I cast my own aluminum and that is all I use on my projects. All the stainless I have has been given to me. I have no idea of the grade though. I don't think I have turned acetal or delrin, but I did make some turning blanks out of HDPE by melting it down and squashing it up in a mold. I have a video on that process. Probably no helpful but that is my experience.
I think it works too. 👍👍😎👍👍
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Whats that cute little shaper in the back of the painting sequence? A future video, or something old I missed?
Yes, it will be a future video, or several videos. I really need to get on to that project. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing 👍
No problem.
Excellent
Thank you.
Awesome video and great idea :) Do you have a preferred supplier in NZ for your QCTP holders or go offshore?
Also watching this just makes me want to bitch about my imperial turret lathe an how painful it is to do anything on especially when i see other peoples setups lol (serves me right for not asking for advise in the beginning and only thinking about grunt)
Thanks you.
Is the issue the turret? If so, can you replace it with a QCTP? Maybe that is an option?
I sourced these holders from Aliexpress. They were $40 each including tax and shipping. Locally, Chevepac sell them for $135 each including tax.
@@thehobbymachinistnz
Thanks for store info and appreciate the reply :)
The turret lathe (ward no7) was designed for threading/pipe work and has stainless steel bed covers. If you look it up will see quickly how it has lots of grunt but is quite limiting at times for most engineering work (even compared to its smaller counterparts)
I will upgrade one day, but its for my hobby so i am sure your aware the NZ market seems to be full of people asking big dollars for machines or most things that aren't always worth it (As multiple older engineers said to me if your selling old equipment its only worth scrap price as that's were it goes to die an its the tooling that is worth paying the money for)
Timely courier delivery that was JP.
Yes it was.