Jerry

I suspect that the toolpost you have was intended for a larger machine so first check that you can get the required adjustments in tool height . If that's OK just make up a sleeve – a quick and easy job. If you are fussy, and once you have a good fit, loctite the sleeve into the toolpost.

If by chance the post is too big for the S7 then you could sell it on ebay and use the proceeds to fund a smaller version. However you decide I do recommend the QCTP – a really quick, easy and effective way mounting tools – you will soon get a collection!

Regards

Norman

My first job on my new Myford was making a stepped washer for the Dickson. I probably used the plain washer as a stopgap.

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Edited By JasonB on 30/12/2013 18:30:19

Just a tip, that may come in handy, if you have the standard clamp down tool post on at the moment, you will notice a compression spring lifting the casting up, I would leave that in place within the Dickson toolpost, then in ten or twenty years time when you want to hold some particularly large tool or job for machining, it will not be missing or used on something else.

Who supplies tool holders for the Dickson quick change tool posts and doesn't charge the earth for them ? i'd like to pick up a few more for my colchester.

Try A and R Precision Ltd. they make and supply the holders from their factory via. ebay. The Myford ones are about 25 mm square and hold 12mm tooling, think they make other sizes as well.

Edited By S Deakin on 31/12/2013 12:24:31