Re: toolpost

On or around Tue, 27 May 2008 08:31:03 +0100, "Cliff Coggin"
<clifford.coggin@xxxxxxxxxx> enlightened us thusly:


"Trevor Jones" <t.o.jones@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:qtJ_j.4375$Yp.727@xxxxxxxxxxx

Tried it once. Kept cutting myself.

Don't use my four-way much at all these days.

Cheers
Trevor Jones

Same here. The thing is a damn nuisance and I really aught to get rid of it.

I usually have an 80 degree indexed thing in one side (for normal turning
and facing) and the parting blade holder in the opposite side. Fitting 4
tools to it requires tools of the right size; the parting blade holder for
example is as long as the whole of one side of the toolpost, so precludes
using the slot "behind" it.

It is handy being able to clonk it round 180 degrees and get another tool
without fiddling. Of course, the best answer is a quick-change toolpost,
but that's a bit of an expensive luxury if the existing one is serviceable.
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