Hi Steve,

I've made two, both to the same basic design – a flat bar with a series of pins let into the bar perpendicular to it, one at each end of the tee slot in the back of the toolholder, if that makes sense.

The first I made of wood and used dowel glued in (for T2 size holders), the second I made from steel with 6mm rod "puddle" welded from the back side (for S1 size holders).

HTH!

Jez.

If you have access to the magazine archive, there is a photo in MEW84 of Barry Jordans Carousel tool holder and in MEW 183 there is an article on construction of a similar design as shown below:

I screwed two No.8 round-head wood screws into a board; these are spaced and stick out so that a toolholder will slide over them and the Tee section will slip under the heads and be retained by them. A short length of thin hardwood is screwed beneath the round-head screws to act as a stop for the toolholder. Pretty inexpensive – four screws and a short piece of wood per holder.

I made up a jig – two "tapping size" holes accurately spaced in a piece of steel bar – to ensure repeatability of drilling for the RH screws.

Edited By thaiguzzi on 11/02/2017 14:04:15

Offcut of mdf architrave, (top half slopes back at about 10 degrees) + offcuts of 1" (25mm) aluminium angle cut to length to fit slot of toolholder.

I like the cutting fluid bottle rack. Neat idea.