Articulating shelf for 10EE and Rivett 1020S

I made this thing out of some leftover scraps. It seems to work pretty well so far. It is a little bit of an odd color combination because it was originally on another machine. If someone has an interest, I could supply more details. Because I may have to repaint it, any suggestions for modifications you would make would be welcome.

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Very nicely done. It's always line to have a work surface next to things your working on.
Nice shop with some quality machines.

Hal

Darn nice idea... counterbalance is "on point" as my daughter is lays saying.. Don

Very nice. You mind if I borrow some of the design for mine?

Thanks for the comments everyone.

TBJK: You're welcome to borrow whatever you need. Can you share any of your design ideas?

That dry erase board is super handy....great idea there with the entire thing!

tailstock4 said:

Thanks for the comments everyone.

TBJK: You're welcome to borrow whatever you need. Can you share any of your design ideas?

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Sure will if I come up with some other things. I’m always glad to share that information.

Nice...Phil

Good looking setup. Are those multifix holders (Create Tool) or another brand? What size are you using? I'm trying to decide to spend the extra money and go with PeWe Tools or save and go with the Create Tool. Advantages / Disadvantages??

cheers,

Jim

Nice equipment lineup you have there. Do you have other photos of your shop and machinery?

Jdub63 said:

Good looking setup. Are those multifix holders (Create Tool) or another brand? What size are you using? I'm trying to decide to spend the extra money and go with PeWe Tools or save and go with the Create Tool. Advantages / Disadvantages??

cheers,

Jim

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Create Tool has been unresponsive for some time, see posts # 18 and 19 in this thread: Experience with Create Tool (Multifix clones) There have been some other threads about this.

I think this is very unfortunate; my experience in the past was that Create Tool had a good quality product, delivered quickly and in the person of Nina Wang was very responsive.

David

Jdub63 said:

Good looking setup. Are those multifix holders (Create Tool) or another brand? What size are you using? I'm trying to decide to spend the extra money and go with PeWe Tools or save and go with the Create Tool. Advantages / Disadvantages??

cheers,

Jim

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This multifix is off of eBay – sino-sd store. The quality seems to be pretty good. They all fit and interchange pretty well. The seller seemed responsive and willing to negotiate on price and shipping with volume. The advantage of these tool holders is they can have different lead in positions with the same tool without having to release the tool post. I also like the height adjustment mechanism of this style of holder.

The only real disadvantage I can see is they can be hard to figure out which one to order. On the 10EE, that is an E-size. The t-nut and inner post are pretty straight forward.

However, it is a different story on my Toolmex Famot 14x40 which has a B-set. There is quite a bit of clearance between top of the compound and the lathe’s centerline due to a low cross-slide height. So it requires a spacer of around 9/16th to get the holders on center. I didn’t want to make this as just a plain spacer due rigidity concerns and the increased likelihood the tool post could move under a heavy load. I came up with what is in the pictures below which solved the height problem and provides some additional space below the tool post spline column which some holders need.

morsetaper2 said:

Nice equipment lineup you have there. Do you have other photos of your shop and machinery?

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Yes, I can post pictures. Should I post them on this thread or start a new thread? I wasn’t sure how far off topic I should get.

tailstock4 said:

Yes, I can post pictures. Should I post them on this thread or start a new thread? I wasn’t sure how far off topic I should get.

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I think you will need a new thread. Those look like some BEAUTIES!