Thread: VMC300 Toolholder question
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20-12-2016 #21
I am not into math but the way I see it is that you could put the tool holder into a known dia. hole in a piece of thin stock to measure the top di. then it would be easy to measure the distance to the bottom. Just my 2p worth.
..Clive
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20-12-2016 #22Avoiding the rubbish customer service from AluminiumWarehouse since July '13.
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20-12-2016 #23
The presence on the Boxford holder of the locking ring groove in the same place as on the Coventry holder when with a pull stud it isn't required makes me suspect the Boxford is a modified Coventry, anyone conversant with, say the BT30 holders would recognise that the slot is redundant and that it would be absent on a fully custom-ordered part ;-)
Also there are the suspiciously thin walls above and below the tool changer disc slot, intriguingly designed to fit into the standard Coventry holder drive disc size and position :D
I'll put a fiver on the Boxford being a modified CoventryYou think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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21-12-2016 #24
Got answer from Coventry today.
The toolholders are custom made for Boxford.
Production stopped in 2012, but they can make them at 156£ each with the groove. However, i strongly belive it's the same as their standard Easychange toolholder(without the groove).
I will order 1 and check similarity with the ones i have. For nearly 60£, i could could even fix that groove myself in my lathe.
The pullstuds however is a Boxford product according to Coventry.
Will have to make them myself
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21-12-2016 #25
Jurassic Tools have an ER32 Coventry Easy Change in stock at a good price -
http://www.jurassictools.com/store/s...se=easy+change
- NickYou think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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21-12-2016 #26
Jepp, noticed but they are out of Stock on the EC-ER32-050, and they don`t have the EC-SM22-015 :-(
But i noticed Engineering Supplies in Hamilton got it in Stock at a good price(approx 76£).
They even have the 22mm Spigot Easy Change Shell/Face Mill Adaptor(believe its the same as the Coventry EC-SM22-015) in Stock at 87.44£.
Any experience with that company?
http://www.engineeringsupplies.co.uk...?page=1&menu=1Last edited by Proteus; 21-12-2016 at 12:57 PM.
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21-12-2016 #27
I bought several holders from Engineering Supplies, their shipping was fast and their service was excellent, it's a shame Tony is out of stock of the ER32, I was going to buy another from him for me for Christmas,
- NickYou think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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