MrWhoopee
Well-Known Member
Good morning gentlemen, I'm both surprised and pleased to see that my reputation precedes (exceeds?) me.
The auto-retract threading tool came about from a comment about my automatic threading stop.
The commenter complained that it didn't retract the tool as well. Challenge accepted.
The original prototype (the one everyone was complaining about above) was held in a standard AXA toolholder. Shortly after that first video it acquired its own dovetail. It is still the one I use myself. Other comments suggested that they might be marketable, so I made a batch. They sold, so I made another. Those were machined from solid 4140HT, but being lazy (and hoping to reduce the time required) I have modified the design to utilize OTS toolholders. I currently make them in Aloris style AXA, BXA and CXA, with a special order CA in the works. I did make one unit similar to the original for someone who didn't have an Aloris style TP.
Regarding the inserts, these will, of course, utilize any 16ER insert, though a change of anvil/seat/shim may be necessary.
The design is still undergoing refinements as they occur to me. Like everything I design, these things are Stupidly Simple®.
I keep expecting someone to tell me it appeared in Popular Mechanics in 1958.
I have been selling them on several machinist buy and sell groups on FB. I have no experience shipping to Canada, but if anyone is interested I will figure it out.
The auto-retract threading tool came about from a comment about my automatic threading stop.
The commenter complained that it didn't retract the tool as well. Challenge accepted.
The original prototype (the one everyone was complaining about above) was held in a standard AXA toolholder. Shortly after that first video it acquired its own dovetail. It is still the one I use myself. Other comments suggested that they might be marketable, so I made a batch. They sold, so I made another. Those were machined from solid 4140HT, but being lazy (and hoping to reduce the time required) I have modified the design to utilize OTS toolholders. I currently make them in Aloris style AXA, BXA and CXA, with a special order CA in the works. I did make one unit similar to the original for someone who didn't have an Aloris style TP.
Regarding the inserts, these will, of course, utilize any 16ER insert, though a change of anvil/seat/shim may be necessary.
The design is still undergoing refinements as they occur to me. Like everything I design, these things are Stupidly Simple®.
I keep expecting someone to tell me it appeared in Popular Mechanics in 1958.
I have been selling them on several machinist buy and sell groups on FB. I have no experience shipping to Canada, but if anyone is interested I will figure it out.
