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Re: Die holder
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 12:29 pm
by earlgo
Oh look, I actually made something other than repairs...
Oddly enough it was fun.
In the third picture one can see the ball bearing that sits in the die 'anti-rotation' pocket. This allows the die to sit flat against the inner face no matter where the 'pocket' is in relation to the face.
--earlgo
Re: Die holder
Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 4:24 am
by pete
Nice work Earl.
Re: Die holder
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:32 pm
by earlgo
Just got to use my die holder that I built in May of this year. Worked as advertised first time.
Where has this idea been? I surely could have use it many times in the last 50 years that I have been attempting to make chips.
Thanks for all your help, fellows.
--earlgo
Re: Die holder
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:33 pm
by jcfx
earlgo, what are the flutes on the body of your die holder for ?
just curious
Re: Die holder
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:23 am
by earlgo
The flutes are to insure a non-slip grip, and because I wanted to use the Jefferson Indexer for something besides a paperweight.
Most of these are knurled, I believe, but I just have a push knurling tool and it gives iffy results. The scissors knurler is on my to-do list.
--earlgo
Re: Die holder
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:20 am
by NP317
jcfx wrote:No affiliation, just a happy customer, I bought tap and die holder from Neil Butterfield,
take a look here -
http://www.neilsniche.com/
I also acquired a set from Neil Butterfield.
Inexpensive, first class, and will meet my varied needs quite nicely.
~RN