Rich's penholder

Good morning,

For better accuracy, one would need to prevent the
spindle from rotating. I don't have a Sherline with me
but I believe that there is a mechanism to lock the
spindle. Hoping someone on the list with a Sherline
mill can elaborate.

Thanks.

Peter
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Hi Rich,

Trying to figure how is your holder assembled and
wondering if the diagram

below represent correctly


| | | |
| BORE____ | | |
| \ | | |
| \ | |: SHERLINE |
| :|P|: SPINDLE |
| :|E|: |
|___________z :|N|:_z______________|
____z | | z___ Z = Screw thread
| z | | z |
| z |P| z |
| :__|E|__: |
| :|:|N|:|: |
| :|:| |:|====|=|| set screw
| :|:| |:|: |
| :|:| |:|: | End Mill Holder
| :|:| |:|: |
\___:|:| |:|:___/
s|:|P|:|s
s|:|E|:|s s = Wire spring
Rich's | :|N|: |
Pen | :| |==|=|| Knurled screw
Holder |_:| |:_|
| | \___Bore
| |
\-/
! Rollerball

Thanks for any correction and further clarifications.

Peter



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