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On Saturday, February 26, 2022, 02:28:45 PM CST, mike allen <animal@...> wrote:

??? ??? If I was to buy a new tool post to replace my import AXA I
would get one of these Multi-Fix clones . Had I know that they were
around I would have bought one instead of the AXA .

??? ??? A bit more than the AXA , but I can live with that . When I buy
something I study the hall out of it . I don't have as much disposable
income as a lot of folks . I like the option to change the clock of the
tool holder without having to loosen the nut on top of the QCTP . I look
at a lot of the machine shops I've been in & the KDK & Multi-Fix far out
number the Aloris style of QCTP's .

Yea it isn't as easy to make more tool holders , but what's wrong with a
challenge ? At $190.00 it's still cheaper than some AXA clones out there .



??? animal

On 2/26/2022 12:02 PM, Bill in OKC too via groups.io wrote:

True that, and why I generally say AXA-Clone. Partially because mine is a Chinese copy, and partially because the AXA-size is the one that fits 9-12" lathes, generally speaking. My school lathe that I love is a 13" Clausing Colchester, which has the BXA tool post, the other machines are 15" CC lathes, and they have CXA tool posts. The BXA I use is an Aloris, IIRC. They are very nice for some things. I'm also collecting tooling for the lantern-style tool posts, as there are some things they work better for. Best is to have both a QCTP of some sort, and the lantern style. Both will easily do some things the other cannot. If? you work production, you'll mostly want the QCTP.

If you never do duplicate parts, you won't need a QCTP at all, but AFAIK, most folks who are hobbyists can make good use of both. Name brand QCTP's tend to be rather expensive. Just the tool post without tool holders is about half of what I paid for my Atlas TH42, and about a third of what I paid for my restoration project SB Heavy 10L. is about $380. Technically, the Phase II is actually a clone, too, of the Aloris. Supposedly of higher quality than mine, but I couldn't prove it. ;) Mine is around $160 on Amazon with 5 toolholders.

For folks who can't afford or don't want to spend the money to get either, you can make a Van Norman style. GK at the SouthBendLathe group just did that, based partially on the Ralph Patterson version that was popular on the 7x Mini-lathes. You can find that info here: /g/Mini-Lathes/files/Ralph%20Patterson%20Mini-Lathe%20and%20metalworking%20projects%21/RalphPattersonML among other stuff. I'm the owner of that group, and anyone who's interested in welcome to join.

Bill in OKC

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? On Saturday, February 26, 2022, 01:26:51 PM CST, Rick <vwrick@...> wrote:





? On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 08:37 PM, piper184 wrote:

I have a PhaseII (same as AXA if I understand it properly) holder on my SB 10K. It came that way. Looks like it was a direct replacement for the old lantern style holder. PhaseII just slides right onto the T-slot in the compound.
For future reference in case a newbie reads this, Phase II is a brand, AXA is a size.