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Main body block being fly cut to clean it
up. The cutter is a bit too fast for my camera. |
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The finished block ready for machining. Except
where noted, the material is 6061-T6 aluminum. |
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Dovetails being cut for the lock face. |
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Boring the hole for the lock plunger. |
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Block with dovetails and plunger hole with lock
plunger blank. This is a piece of 3/4" drill rod. |
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Here the block and plunger are finished.
Note the pressed in 1/8" thick steel bushing to keep the
lock handle from digging in and the brass bushing for the cam
lock,one each, top and bottom. |
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Finished cam lock. The location for
the tommy bar will be determined after assembly. |
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Assembled QCTP with a toolholder in place.
The stop disk is a .125 slice of 5/8" dia. brass,
knurled. Lock screws and height setting shafts are 10-32
thread. |
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Block locking handle. This is drill
rod with a drilled ball bearing pressed on the end. |
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An array of completed toolholders. |
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Closeup of turning tool holders. |
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Straight tool holder and boring bar holder.
The boring holder has a removeable tubular sleeve that
allows it to be used with either 1/2" or 3/8" bars. |
