DICKEYBIRD
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Toolholder holders, say that 3 times real fast.
Soon after I got my QCTP kit I kept misplacing the holders and they'd lie around in the swarf & get fouled up with chips so I decided I had to figure a (cheap) way to store them. Here's what I came up with.
I ripped a strip of 3/16" Masonite (dunno what it's called in the U.K....hardboard?) on the table saw just wide enough ((1 15/32") to slide between the dovetails of the holders (AXA size.) I ripped a narrower strip (1 1/4") and glued it on the back of the other strip with super glue. I then cut the strips into 1 3/4" long pieces, drilled, c/sunk and screwed them to my lathe backstop, spaced to allow all the holders to fit neatly. Voila! Easy to slide the holders on and off and neatly stored within easy reach and up out of the swarf pile. Since this pic was taken, I've added new holders to my collection and more holder holders to the backstop.
Soon after I got my QCTP kit I kept misplacing the holders and they'd lie around in the swarf & get fouled up with chips so I decided I had to figure a (cheap) way to store them. Here's what I came up with.
I ripped a strip of 3/16" Masonite (dunno what it's called in the U.K....hardboard?) on the table saw just wide enough ((1 15/32") to slide between the dovetails of the holders (AXA size.) I ripped a narrower strip (1 1/4") and glued it on the back of the other strip with super glue. I then cut the strips into 1 3/4" long pieces, drilled, c/sunk and screwed them to my lathe backstop, spaced to allow all the holders to fit neatly. Voila! Easy to slide the holders on and off and neatly stored within easy reach and up out of the swarf pile. Since this pic was taken, I've added new holders to my collection and more holder holders to the backstop.