Mike Corliss with Tormach. Today we're installing a quick change tool post.
And then showing a couple holders with some turning tools,
and then showing how to adjust the height on those guys.
Go to install the tool post, screw the stud into the plate.
Make sure everything is clean, wipe off the plate, wipe off the bottom...
...of your tool post.
Slide it on the stud.
Snug it down to start with, eyeball it up...
...pretty close to square.
Snug it down.
And then what I like to do...
...is clamp up...
...a tool holder...
And then I'll run an indicator on the face of the tool holder...
...to make sure I've got the tool posts...
...square with the axis of the machine. So I've got the tool holder in there...
...I've got the tool posts snugged down. Now I'll clamp an indicator on,
and then run it back and forth on the face of the holder,
and then square it up to that.
ok
After you're indicated in and the indicator runs back and forth,
limited movement,
tighten up the nut.
Ok, then double check to make sure nothing moved when you...
...tightened up the nut.
You want your tool post and your tool holders to be square to your...
...axes. It's going to be important for your cut off tools,
and then if you're mounting any drill bits or anything like that in there,
those have to be running true to your workpiece.
For just turning, you may find that with some materials...
...it works better if you cant your tool holder a little bit. It's kind of an experimental thing.
I know with tool steel it's it's hard to get the chips to break on...
...tool steel and sometimes you got to turn your tool post a little bit...
...to get the chip breaker on the insert to work better.
So, you need it square for using the cutoff toll or drill bit but, for turning or...
for threading you gotta make sure it's in there straight.
But just for turning and facing and boring...
...it doesn't have to be straight and sometimes you'l find you'll want to cant it a little bit.
So that's how you put it in there and that's how you square it up.
Now, to set the height for...
...the toolholders themselves,
The tool holders rest...
...on this thumbscrew. Jam nut.
It's a stop nut I guess.
The easiest way to adjust 'em is to back...
...screw off. Adjust the nut....
Hold that in place.
and then
...bring the thumb screw up tight to the jam nut.
There's a couple spring washers in there so it's not going to slip around.
And you're just going to be sliding it in and out
Then rest it on top of the tool post.
Now I'll show you a couple different ways to set the...
..height for tools.
We've got a tool here that we'll use for facing. It's a good...
...rough turn facing tool, it's a good..
it's a real strong insert,
A real multi-purpose type tool.
Lock it into the tool holder.
Clamp it into the tool post.
Then you bring it up against the 6 inch scale.
Just so it lightly pinches the scale between the...
...turn diameter,
and the tool. OK.
And what you want is you adjust your tool height...
...until your scale is perpendicular to your...
...tool bed.
And right now it looks pretty close.
Actually we have to raise the height of the tool a little bit.
Back the cutter off.
We gotta to raise it up so we back the...
...thumb screw off...
...dial our nut down...
A couple flats.
Then back our thumbscrew back up.
Like that.
Still got to back it up a little higher.
That looks pretty good.
The scale to be perpendicular to the...
...tool bed.
So this perpendicular to this. That's going to get you pretty close.
Then what we'll do, is we'll take a face cut across here and then...
...we can adjust with the nipple that's left...
...to fine tune it a little bit. One thing you're going to see if you do a larger diameter stuff....
...and you've got the quick change tool post, the door's gonna hit the handle
but the door...
...err, the handle just threads out. No problem.
Just take the handle out.
Like that.
So once you have one of your turning tools set for your height...
...you can bring your next cutter in and then just eyeball it up....
with the cutter that you've already established the height on. You can just line it up...
...with that.
And to be quick about it.
You can adjust the thumb screw until it looks pretty close.
Right there.
You can run the jam nut down as far as you can. You can back your thumb screw back off,
because your thumb screw is a lot easier to turn.
Then lower the jam nut another half turn should be about right.
Then bring the thumb screw back up to it.
That looks pretty good.
For drilling holders or for drills...
center drills, even boring bars,
bring your holder up,
eyeball it up with the center of what you've already got turned.
Just to get you pretty close.
What we'll do...
...is that we'll stick a magnet onto the chuck and then sweep it in...
...then we'll know the center height is there.
You can also use that for like boring bars that helps you set your...
...gets you pretty close on your diameter setting.
So eyeball it up here quick.
Ok, so now I've eyeballed it up with the center of what we've already turned...
...looks pretty close. We'll back the tool off.
And then we'll put an indicator on and...
...dial it in.
And then you just rotate your chuck.
Now we have to adjust the X,
and the height of our...
...tool holder itself. It's probably easiest.
...to do one way first so we'll do the X first.
So you are going around the tool?
Ya, you go right around the shank of the tool
Make sure you get some.
For just indicating purposes make sure you got some sticking out...
so you've got a nice round surface to indicate on.
Then if you want to shorten it up after you have the...
tool height established, it's pretty easy to do.
Ok, now I'm pretty close on X.
Now I'll just adjust my height.
Now I've got to...
...raise the tool a little bit.
Check the X again.
Looks pretty goo.
Just raise the tool a little more.
Ok, that looks pretty good.
X and the height look pretty good. Just swing it with the indicator.
She looks good.
Okay that's how you mount the quick change tool post,
and then establish your height on a couple different cutting tools.