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surely MAX-T tools are German And MAX-T engineering in Lowestoft is a plant and machinery company?

Every time I bought QCTP holders the first thing I did was to take out the socket heads and replace with sq heads . no swarf no bother.

if you don't have certs for all the items what do you think is acceptable?

if you are worried that your workpiece is flimsy why not support it from underneath???

another one of those myths that people accept as fact after a period of time.

Jason, In answer to your question all of the drawings / descriptions I have seen go for case hardening which is how both my filing rests were made

if you don't want a 7lb one you know what it is!!

I have been using two filing rests for goodness knows how long both with hardened rollers and have never had trouble with blunting files, possibly you might be dwelling on the point where the file has done its work and you need to move onto the next flat etc.

try your local classic car clubs or motorcycle clubs or the friendly local classic car mot tester

just get a very shallow angle centre punch and put in the slot and tap with Birmingham screwdriver

definitely a single point cutter of some sort, be it a lathe tool or single hole countersink (deburrer) but also as said before drop the rpm.

Found it Bob ,Go to settings then my account its at the top of page change selection and hit update preferences.

when What did you do today 2022 is selected why doesn't the current page load?

You can also fit it to the rear of the headstock!!!

I think you'll find that most English shapers were made in the same factory and badged.

Beat me to it Hopper.

hope the pics tell the story, the gear with a plain section is moved from cross shaft to vertical shaft using the same rachet mech to operate both.

I think that you only need two gears and piece of shaft to match dia of other two shafts.

phosphoric acid is also used in commercial vehicle wash bays to clean aluminium.

sorry Chris but you need to have a good look at GHTs rear tool post design, it does no strain the T slot as everything is sandwiched together making it an extremely rigid affair. Funny how there hasn't been any designs to supersede it!!!