Quick Change Tool Holders

Chris L. just brought up his concern about the lack of availability
of a system of Qucik Change tool holders and preferred a system that
worked sans the collet.

His "prayers" are answered!

I purchased a set of QC holders and collets with my MAXNC machine. I
found the range of tooling the works with them to be very low. I
promptly came up with some QC holders that allow the use of a much
larger range of tooling: Slitting saws, shell end mills, standard
end mills, reamers and taps. The reamer and tap holders are floating
tool holders that compensate for slight misalignment between the hole
and the spindle centerlines. These tool holders (with the exception
of the tap holder) do NOT use split collets.

All of these tools are easily adapted for use on machines having
industry standard spindles (R8,Morse taper, NMT, etc). I am in the
process of having a number of them made at a local CNC shop.
The "standard" ones will be kept short as possible to reduce tool
extention and tool flex at the point of machining. However, as Chris
points out soometimes you need long extensions for deep holes. I
will most likely have some extra long ones made for this purpose as
I've got a number of castings to machine that will require about 6"
of reach inside the casting.

Anyone interested in further details please contact me off list via
smoke@...

Smoke