Ok guys i have had a couple of responses thankyou,still nothing that gets my machine dirty though.here are some pics of what i have done to my lathe
1,home made tool holder and tee nuts that bolt to the cross slide and on the left hand side of the picture are 3 er25 collet holders that will fit into the block when its been bored out "in situ" at nominal centres so i know where to move to in the x axis for the tool to be on centre line.then i can put drills/centre drills/boring tools/reamers.i have milled a step on the bottom of the block so it goes on square every time without clocking it up.
2,pic 2 is of the new t slotted cross slide that i made the centres of the slots are 45 mm the tool block you can see can be placed in any one of the slots that also has a tennon milled on the bottom to keep it square,i made 6 of these blocks so my tools are ready set just place it in the best slot for the job and 1 nut to tighten up and your away.(if your lathe works!)
3,pic 3 is the bottom of one of my spare tool blocks.
if anybody has any more info about setting the port/pin config i would appreceiate it i cant seem to find the c6 profile on the setup but there is some sort of numbers in place already, i printed off the zone all previous questions about c6 and reading my way through them trying things as i go....
hope some of this info helps someone.next thing i an going to make is a er40 collet chuck cos i have a set of collets and the clearance should be a lot better than having that chuck on there.
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