I bought a number of BT40 Lyndex shrink fit endmill holders, but cannot even come close to affording the shrink fit induction heating system to operate them. I'd like to use the holders, as they are really nice and well balanced.
Soooo.... I was thinking of buying a $100 induction cooker and taking it apart and reworking the coils to go around the endmill portion of the holder.
It doesn't take a whole lot of heat to get the holder to open up enough to take an endmill. I did an experiment where I used an electric range cooktop and heated a 5/8" shrink fit endmill holder up and then inserted a 5/8" carbide endmill. 30 seconds later, it had really gripped it quite hard. Opinions and ideas?
Anybody know if the coils in an induction cooker are flexible and can be reshaped easily?