Got some more tool holders last weekend. Originally Mark had said he thought there were about 30 but when we looked there were only 18. A week or two back a mutual friend was at Marks and got a further 12 holders and a cylinder and arm that Mark had found, so that takes the total up to 30 now
Only two had bearings and these were knackered so I ordered another 12 bearings, also ordered some pull studs for Germany (£4.50 each is cheaper than I could make them for) but still have to get some ER32 collet nuts for them, the place I usually get them from is out of stock at the moment.
I had previously made up the plate to hold the 6 extra holders I had at the time but now with getting an extra 12 I needed to make up something else. Space is very limited in my workshop, especially in the area where the Chiron is, so I made up a rack and mounted it to the big door of the workshop. It is out of the way there but also close to hand so it is the ideal place. I made the plates up on the Chiron (any excuse to use it
) using the sub table I had made to clamp them to.
Hood