quick change tool post

[Stevohdee]

hello toolie people,

I struggled with the standard mini lathe tool post for too long until I bought a steel Chinese qctp a while back with 3 inserts but found because of the large overhang chattered, then thought I'd give another one made from aluminum a go and found it was quite defective. The handle consistently came loose and was prone to bending and had a real problem with binding when tightening so alas decided to make one to accommodated both size inserts. Waste not want not.











The aluminum inserts are actually quite good and lock the tool well, don't know about long term use but so far so good. After using the system can't imagine going back to standard system. My original post has my knurling tool mounted and has been for some time now.

cheers stevoh