Re: [Emc-users] need a couple boring bar holders, odd size

2020-05-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 03 May 2020 15:09:51 dave engvall wrote: > HI Gene, > Being always caught outside the box but still having to think I made a > large t-nut that goes in the cross-slide, then a block of steel large > enough to accommodate a couple of 1/2" gr 8 cap screws and a hole > centered between the

Re: [Emc-users] need a couple boring bar holders, odd size

2020-05-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 03 May 2020 15:14:19 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 3 May 2020 at 19:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But the odd size is 7/8" because that is the size of the brass rod I > > made about 100 tap hats from. > > Are you talking about a lathe toolpost holder for holding boring bars? > > > The one

Re: [Emc-users] need a couple boring bar holders, odd size

2020-05-03 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 3 May 2020 at 19:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But the odd size is 7/8" because that is the size of the brass rod I made > about 100 tap hats from. Are you talking about a lathe toolpost holder for holding boring bars? > The one bar holder I have, came with the qctp kit is a 250-204

Re: [Emc-users] need a couple boring bar holders, odd size

2020-05-03 Thread dave engvall
HI Gene, Being always caught outside the box but still having to think I made a large t-nut that goes in the cross-slide, then a block of steel large enough to accommodate a couple of 1/2" gr 8 cap screws and a hole centered between the bolts but obviously at 90 degrees with the proper taper

[Emc-users] need a couple boring bar holders, odd size

2020-05-03 Thread Gene Heskett
But the odd size is 7/8" because that is the size of the brass rod I made about 100 tap hats from. This is to go with the gcode I've written to stop broken taps forever. I'll need to dedicate a 3/4" to lock a probe into forever, and a matching 7/8" to hold the tap-hat in. The one bar holder I