I'd mentioned in the QCTP thread i was making some, been taking pics, thought you guys would get a kick....there's nothing super complex about them, just fun seeing the mill plough through big hunks of steel
even after the gloats, lots of stuff i don't have....bought these goose necks from the store and man are they ever nice! the low profile makes this possible that otherwise would be very tricky to set up

i made this plugs - a snug fit in the T slot with the body concentric. Really helpful for setups....the hold the work but also are a reference point for perfect repeatability. The slab you see is one of three that's being turned in Dickson tool holders

The horizontal just ploughs through whatever at full depth of cut. The key here was symmetry....maintaining perfect symmetry let me turn the work 180, rest it against the plugs or stops and repeat the op for the other side. Here is the first pass of the centre channel, the second, with the work turned 180 completes the slot so the edge of the slot is the same from the edge of the work on each side.

end of the first pass, btw my new central coolant system is providing the flood
even after the gloats, lots of stuff i don't have....bought these goose necks from the store and man are they ever nice! the low profile makes this possible that otherwise would be very tricky to set up

i made this plugs - a snug fit in the T slot with the body concentric. Really helpful for setups....the hold the work but also are a reference point for perfect repeatability. The slab you see is one of three that's being turned in Dickson tool holders

The horizontal just ploughs through whatever at full depth of cut. The key here was symmetry....maintaining perfect symmetry let me turn the work 180, rest it against the plugs or stops and repeat the op for the other side. Here is the first pass of the centre channel, the second, with the work turned 180 completes the slot so the edge of the slot is the same from the edge of the work on each side.

end of the first pass, btw my new central coolant system is providing the flood

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