On Wednesday 23 April 2014 19:41:34 Steve Blackmore did opine: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 22:36:05 +0100, you wrote: > >On 23 April 2014 22:17, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > >> 1. Since the tool post may get turned a few degrees to facilitate a > >> boring operation, how do you go about ascertaining that the tool > >> post is truly square so you don't have to re-invent a new tool table > >> when its been turned or moved? > > > >I never turn the tool post. So far I have never needed to. > > Same as Andy - I never rotate my toolpost. My boring bars are always in > line/parallel to Z? In fact all my tooling, holders and inserts are > designed to be used with the shank at either at 0 or 90 degrees to Z. > Can you bore a .242" socket, .240" deep? I have not found a boring bar that small. Actually I do have a bar that might be able to do a .250 diameter hole, but ATM its super glued into the side of a 10" piece of 5/8" cold roll, and its custom made clamp holder. So to use it I have to take the QC holder clear off.
> >> 2. Do you use fixed gages when servicing the tools in order to > >> establish a fixed "stickout" for that tool when re-installing it in > >> the QC holder? > > > >I have a holder for (nearly) every tool. When I need to swap tools I > >touch-off again. > > Same again - it's very rare that my tool shanks leave the holder. I just > replace the insert and retouch off. > > >Tool table entries correspond to the holders, not the tool, in my case > >(and I have stamped them). > > Not quite so for me - tool 1 always lives in holder 1, tool 2 holder 2. > > I have about 40 and to be honest I never use most of them. Most turning > jobs can be done with a combination of 3 or 4 tools plus drills. Well > over 95% of jobs I could do with a selection from 10 tools in total. > > Steve Blackmore > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform > Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software > Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready > Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
