QCTP Holders, Tooling and Setup Tips.

If you have recently purchased, or are thinking about purchasing, an Aloris or other brand QCTP, you really should watch this video. It may help you to make smarter purchases based on your work and budget.

[Peter-V_]

All of these seemingly minor details add up to a wealth of knowledge, I want to thank you Joe for being so generous with your wisdom.

[jameslezak]

Another great vid, Joe. I have a 15" Clausing with the CA QCTP. Years of scouring scrap bins and scrap carbide containers yielded quite an assortment of tooling and inserts. Most are based on using the unused corners. Big companies are fairly wasteful with these. Well worth the trouble. Now days carbide has a good scrap price and used inserts are traded at tool crib for new ones with the discards deposited in locked containers. I still had a lot of years to scrounge. Being on a budget I make my own holders for the leftover corners, especially milling cutters. I have boxes on boxes of brazed on carbide tools. Right place at right time. Not much use in an big NC shop any more. Life savers in a home shop, especially since I used so much of it starting out. You showed one I've never seen. The deep holder. I could use one like that. Sounds like my next project. Lol. Good stuff Bro 👍. I really enjoy your vids. Great to see guys like you putting the knowledge out there for free and not looking down on or belittling any one! 😎🇺🇸

[tmurray]

The aluminum shim for the height adjustment is an excellent Idea Joe.🤙🏻👌👊🏻

[dragonflyfab]

One hint on qc tooling blocks is to buy a bunch of plastic balls with a threaded insert the same as the height adjustment stud thread. Its a lot more friendly to lift a round plastic ball than a threaded stud. Especially 50 times a day!

[swanvalleymachineshop]

Hi Joe . A DCBN tool holder will use the unused corners of that insert as well . It will give you limited facing & makes a good roughing tool . Cheers.

[aloristooltech]

Thank you very much Joe for using our products and providing such a detailed description. We invite you to visit us again and discover new products that we have available for you to continue developing new ideas.

[TonberryV]

Man, your shop gems are things we need to start doing in our shop. I'm not sure how well they would work in swiss machines, but that's a good way to save a boatload on carbide.

[hanni]

Joe, I even make my own tool holders to utilize every cutting edge, great video.thanks for taking the time to explain how the little tricks go a long way as far as getting your money's worth, have a great weekend

[billchiasson]

Always look forward to your videos! Because you know you’re going to learn something that you didn’t know! Thanks Joe!.

[johncarey]

Thanks Joe! I always appreciate your efforts in teaching us! Enjoy your weekend!

[dividedbyequals]

I was not aware that Aloris had so many options in their catalog!! You have some really interesting ones there Joe. Thanks so much for sharing and take care!!

[kaakeith]

as the new owner of a '56 Myford Super 7 in (really good condition), i am happy to be a new subsubscriber, you have given me more good information in the 5 videos i have watched so far, than in any of the dozens of others i've waded through. thx joe

[stufields]

I have BXA 250-201 and 250-202. I had already installed some cutting tools and was unable to see the groove in the 202. Thanks to you, I now know the difference. Good source for information for this graduate engineer finally learning how to operate machines and something about the ART involved.

[eyuptony]

Thanks for the interesting information on other types of holders available. Another good point to see you've got your
tool holders stored on a rack at the back of your lathe and not directly behind the chuck, in the muck. Nice one Joe.

[apollorobb]

I love my TPG tool holders i have several. They do move some material . My Face mills all use TPG inserts . Great Video Joe

[raymondhorvatin]

Thanks Joe I did the same thing with my shars QTP put a 3/8" plate underneath and solved the height problem an d stiffened it up a bit

[ROBRENZ]

Good stuff Joe! #35 and #53 are two of my favorites but only because my toolpost is aligned and locked on a solid block instead of the compound.,

ATB, Robin

[alexvonbosse]

Most interesting information on QCTP options! There are a multitude of possible tool options I did not know about! Thanks for sharing and keep up your great work!

[PaulSteMarie]

I almost bought that exact knurling tool. I wound up with a Eagle Rock clamp knurler, which works pretty well but it's really difficult to change the knurls.

Those boring holders only come in two sizes for a particular QCTP size. They come with split bushings. I made a whole bunch of rigid bushings for small boring bars, and bought one pass through sleeve bushing for a 5/8" boring bar. The pass through sleeve allows the set screws from the holder to pass through the bushing and go directly against the flat on the top of the bar, making it a whole lot easier to line everything up.

[christurley]

Nice selection you have. That shell mill was on my shopping list before they got out of the machining biz at work. Too bad I had a few pounds of inserts to feed it. Thanks for the video Joe.