I bought a Warco WM180 many months ago now and, as I am told is often the case, the dedicated QCTP was not available. I still haven't been able to get one and I am struggling to find a suitable alternative which is probably down to my inexperience as much as anything else. Could I please have recommendations for a QCTP from alternative suppliers? I believe a (major?) obstacle is the protrusion into which the post itself threads requiring that the base be drilled out further; I am far from sure I have the option of doing that myself! Thanks in advance.

Gentlemen, many thanks for the replies – I think the problem with anything other than the Warco one is not the post / stud itself as such but is rather the way it mounts to the compound slide. The compound slide on the WM180 hasn't a flat surface but rather the point where the stud threads is raised up and is rather a structural 15mm high x 20mm diameter boss / lump through which the stud passes. It seems to me that there are two choices; either remove the lump and find a new way to secure the stud to the compound slide or make a matching recess in the base of a non Warco QCTP. The first way would, for me, probably render the compound slide unusable and the second is a problem because the body of any quality steel QCTP is almost going to be too hard to machine / be impervious to my equipment. The question is really has anyone done either option or have a better idea than I of a third? In addition which of the numerous QCTPs that are available would be most suitable provided the problem of how to mount it were to be overcome?