I'm not a machinist, but I definitely can appreciate the amount of work that went into this project and the video. Nicely done

As a newbie to your channel on catch-up... after hearing your talk of "I *NEED* a toolpost" and "spares for this are imposible to find and cost a fortune"... I've been expecting this one. Really enjoying your channel. Hope to see plenty more.

Very good video, showing every aspect of the build. Ive used the same ball turner attachment for years. Even makes the job easier. Thanks

Ahh, The pleasure of watching extreme craftsmanship combined with art. Thank you

I bought the plans last month. Watching your work with them close to hand is perfect. Thanks for posting this.

Nice Richard. I built one similar to yours about 2 years ago and what an improvement much nicer to work with. I made the Nut from a scrape of aluminum I had laying around it worked out fine. I did however make my handle straight but into a whole I drilled on the drill press in a vice with an adjustable angle. The angle is a little steeper than that of the tool lock lever. This is I think the best improvement I've made to the lathe because every time I use the lathe I use it! Thank you!

Great job. I like that design, the tapered wedge to expand the dovetail. You can rotate it 360 degrees as well brilliant.

This follows my previous comment. One way to detect conformity at the cone interface is by a blue ink test. Same ink we use in metal scraping. You will be the judge how much % contact area meets your satisfaction. If we desired to keep the same concept design and time invested in making it, consider this. Options: 1. Replace the inverted solid cone by a ER collet that fits the post bolt and the hollow cone. This way the flexibility in the collet can play a conformance role to better the conformity for stronger holding force. 2. Replace the inverted cone by a matching size metal ball. Ball with a hollow axle and without the northern hemisphere. So the half sphere is pinching against and expanding the hollow cone. 3. Replace the steel solid cone by an equal sized cone made of semi-fluid/solid material to catch up with the expansion of the hollow cone. Material can range from high hardness tire rubber trough lead and up to soft aluminum or soft copper (and not brass). Caveat? down this path we may experience difficulty in releasing the tool holder. That is caused by cone surface friction, because of the soft material had dug into the micro striations on the hollowed cone. That can be entertained by grinding and followed by lapping. 4. Is further improvement on 1 thru 3 above. Yo make a horizontal mirror copy of the upper half cone system to the lower half. Hope this helps.

You are a very patient person to turn the balls on the end of your handles by hand. Looks awesome

Mr, that is some impressive videowork and machining! And you use the shaper, so I had to thumb up anyway ;)

This is the first of your videos I've seen. WOW! Production quality is top notch, information given is top notch, details and camera shots are all top notch. Well done sir. I have seen many different content creators videos and yours are definitely up there!

this is a good alternative to the lantern tool post & modern alternative . Replacement one can make on the lathe

Perfect work, perfect video. You show the finished work at the beginning of the video, thats very importend, so I know what you'r doing. I'm missing this point in almost all other videos!

Excellent video and very informative, lots of tips for people who are new to machining, nice to see the shaper in action, Regards Doc Cox.

Cool. I have one tip: spin those tool clamping setscrews in a pipe in the chuck, face them off and then file the end to as flat as you can by hand. The filed surface is superior to turned or rough in preserving the surface of your tools; it only leaves surface marks on aluminum and doesn't wipe off the finish on black tools. The screws clamp quicker because the flat surface isn't springy. My other suggestion would be to add a spring under the brass cone so help keep it from binding inside the toolpost.

Very nice design and mill work. The polished ball shapes a pleasing to the hand and eye!

Nice work! Enjoyed seeing the various use of 123 and v-blocks for your layout.

There are two systems of QCTPs the ones that push the holder away from the main body and second the ones that hold him towards the main body to clamp him like Multifix and all the pro' s ones...the second ones have the best repeatability...like yours.. If you think about it at the first way turning forces work all on the one stud behind the holder he can be as strong as he wants on the second way the forces divide on the whole main body and that's where the good rigidity comes from. I always look first when i see a QTPC which system he has and then i know how good his repeatability will be.. There are also good ones with dovetails...and that's one of the best i ever saw... very good work dude...👍👍👍

Great idea and very nicely machined. I'm in the process of making one for my emomat 7 lathe/mill. But I'm using my existing tool holders.

Отличная работа! Вопрос сжатия ластохвоста под нагрузкой остается открытым. По статистике ютуба новую резцедержку точат обычно те, кто купил себе кассетную резцедержку с отжимным поршнем, хотя всей этой истории можно было бы избежать, доплатив всего 10% и взяв резцедержку с клином ;)

You put so much work into the video. It is really great. The toolpost is even better!

I like the simplicity of that design. Not sure I'd be able to accomplish that with the tools at hand (certainly not as nice as that one lol) but I'm definitely willing to tackle it 😊

I enjoyed your presentation very much! I have also read many comments before I choose to ad a few things to the discussion and will hope I do not offend others. 1 The music I was not bothered by as I was intent on learning your method of obtaining the objective! 2 The use of the Shaper for the dovetails is for a home workshop, apart from being relaxing if I remember correctly is also a huge amount cheaper than buying a Dovetail Cutter even with a Mill. To add to this the cutter as shown can be sharpened in the home workshop. 3 The last thought I have is to do with the question of repeatability, that is to with tool post position. With your setup I think it may be possible to set up a stop of some form in the tee slots. Perhaps also include some form of dowel for standard tool angles. Okay my thoughts are done and welcome better ideas as I am here to learn. Cheers from John, Australia.

Beeindruckende Arbeit, beeindruckendes Werkzeug und beeindruckende Videos! PERFEKT

Loved your ball turning attachment!

Subscribed. It's good to see someone using hhs and not just carbide. Don't get me wrong I use carbide but I really like taking the time to grind my own tools bits and getting that prefect chip, because hay this is what I do for fun...I could never make any money because i take to long lol

Very excellent video. I really enjoyed it. Great machining lesson. I have a Schaublin 102 and use an Aloris AXA QCTP.

You are skilled. Great work! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice idea. Now I will build my own. I don't need drawings because I have a CAD program. I will however add another cone. Thanks for the idea. These things are very expensive in my country (South Africa) - even the imported Chinese junk. I don't have a milling machine, but I do have a lathe. I converted it to do milling as well, and drilling, besides drilling thru the center of a bar!

Ce montage est absolument génial !!!! Bravo monsieur ! This montage is absolutely great !!!! Well done sir!

Good job, If I ever built one like so, I would add a spring under the cone.

I really enjoy your "cartesian coordinate" ball-turning attachement. ;D

Top notch machine work and video editing...impressive ~ Richard

Very cool and great video,,,very professionally done, liked how you made the ball on the end of the handle.

Good work. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎

Excelente trabalho! Muito prático e rápido para troca de ferramentas!👏👏👏🙂👍

Just a suggestion, but on a small setup like that if you make your toolholders a bit longer you wouldn't have so much "stick out" on your cutting tools. Better to have more toolholder, it's more rigid than that little piece of HSS sticking out. Looking at your threading tool especially, you only need 1-2cm at most, cutting tools the same.

Very very very accurate and precise so perfect

Great job. Thanks for sharing. I like your tools and equipments , nice stuff.

Beautiful piece of work. Thanks for sharing.

I have the same lathe 2227 good work ,thanks you have inspired me to make one for the 2227 .

WOW! I bet the video editing took as long as the build. Amazing work.

I recommend you use a guard to prevent chips flying into your lathe motor. Its a pain in the ass when that happens

Nice video! Interesting, I made a similar style tool post a year ago, I thought I had invented something new! Apparently not PS enjoying your podcast :)

Мне понравилось спокойно без спешки всё подробно и понятно и мастерская хорошая удачи коллега

I have been looking for a smaller QCTP for my 7x10 mini lathe. You design is slick with the cone in the center to expand the dovetail. Thanks for the video.

Wow, and to think I was gonna buy a set. I may just give this a shot.

Хорошая задумка, только я буду ставить 2 конуса. Один сверху, второй снизу для равномерного натяга ласточкиного хвоста.

I had to view this silent as the "musick" drowns out your voice over. Excellent video quality and detail. I would like to build one.

Wow ! Fabulous work. Subscribed.

Top notch work in metal and video. Thanks for making and posting. Cheers!

Great work on the tool post, and the video! :)

That came out wonderfully! It's a very clever design. Well produced video!

Wow ! I'm impressed with everything here. You put a lot of thought, work & time into the video presentation as well as the machining . Everything comes across beautifully. Thank you & I'm hoping you will do more. BTW, I'm finding a lot of use for the digital levels (inclinometers ?)

What about indexing? At least half the point of a QC... I use insert tooling, so can attach a fixed packer to all holders- that eliminates height setting. So a simple bridge toolholder would give me the same interchangeability, but would include change indexing (via a lip on the packer) with a lot less work and more rigidity. And no carriers required. I feel a project coming on.

That was nice to watch! Thanks.

Excellent presentation, enjoy every second of it. Did we notice the hollow and solid cones only match each other seamlessly when both are not pinched against one another? Any pinching force induce a displacement can cause distortion in the hollow cone. All the pinching stress will shift towards the (inverted) base of each cone, result in localized expanding force and not spread over the cone body. Do you agree?

Awesome work!!

Very cool and great video!!! From Russia with Love!!!

thecogwheel: Thanks for your elegantly simple but sturdy design. If there was a way to make this design angular repeatable it would be as useful as Aloris, less expensive to build and more suitable for smaller lathes.

Very nice work, but most home shops don't have the amount of quality tools that you have.

Well, I understand why you did it. But the need of holders are in the double digits. I use 17 at work and am about to get more of them. There should be one holder for every tool at least if you have the possibility to index them...

Love your ball making tool. If anyone wants to make one of those, Clickspring shows the full process!

Отличная резцедержка!!! Класс!!!

Beautiful work. You must have practiced those ball plunges not to go too deep, but then they could be accent rings. Peter

Good work mate!

I very much enjoyed this video! I'll be building something similar soon.

Nicely done! 🤙

Very nice work. Machining & camera. Subscribed

very nice work.

Hi your work is BRIL BRIL BRIL. Keep it going and drive me mad Phil.

Nice design Justin. I see that 4 jaw getting some camera time !

thanks cogwheel great vid

Good work

Amazing work ... thanks for share!

Loved the end

WOW! That’s such a simple design but can do some serious cuts!!!! I always looked at those QCTP’s and thought there might be a simpler way to design them, and this is a super awesome idea! You mention it belongs to another engineer and you just made some improvements to it, right? Wish I could scale that down to a Sherline lathe but not sure it would be able to cut it that nice. That shaper can be slow but sure it is a nice machine!!!! Could you tell us the total time it took you to make it? And a guesstimate on how long it would shorten the time by using a mill VS the shaper ? Thank you for sharing this project!

might try 17-4 ss steel you can heat treat at home oven 450...500° for about 3 hrs and cool...ahh good winter project

Awesome project and great video work! If I may though; the audio mixing could use some tweaks in the future. Your music and voice should be mixed to the same volume, and instead of just cutting the music when you do a voiceover, I'd consider fading it down very quiet, and then fading it back up after you speak!

Very nicely done, makes my production quality look like crap! ATB, Robin

Отличная работа!

Absolute masterpiece! Cutting that slot on a band saw must have took some balls, especially after all the hours of work with the shaper. Speaking of balls, is there any way you can show us step by step on your manual ball turning technique? Or do you have a video on that?

Just a tip. @8:40 move to tool steel, when removing chuck. I nearly slit my wrist one time. Was´nt pretty.

A work of art.

Great design, great craftsmanship! Thank you! But please keep your fingers away from the the moving parts. Scary to see it.

I have the same lathe b2227 good work .

Make me one. Beautiful, too bad you can't buy one that nice

If you stop at 5:13 you can see the vents on the motor look to be plugged like 2/3 of them.

Awesome Video...very informative...thanks

Sweet!

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“The Hypnotic Shaper…”

Great video, impressive.

awesome video great work there... i love it.

Really good effort!

Cool video man

This is the best thing I've seen on KZfaq!!! Please send me the drawing. I would very much like to use the metric system. I have a mini taig machine. Your link sends you to a website that offers to buy an air ticket and take a loan:)

Very impressive machinery and tooling for a home shop. I haven't seen a shaper in many, many years. Very nice work also, you could work in my shop anytime. What are some of the machine manufacturers?

bellissimo lavoro, good job

Bella idea,grande.