Tripan lathe tool holder dovetail specs

Does any one have the specs for the 231 tripan dovetail only I trying to get more holders of a 3rd party supplier I think they are the same as fitted on the colchester master

Thanks Andrew Bishop

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Andrew Bishop
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Anglo-Swiss tools are just up the road in Ipswich

Charles

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Charles Ping

I have a drawing of a 231. If your trying to match holders is the width and depth enough? Using 8mm cylinders in the dovetail, 1.310 inch between the cylinders and the depth to the ground surface where the cylinders sit is .306 inch.. It's a 60 degree dovetail and from memory I could get a

20 thou feeler between the toolpost and holder. I keep meaning to make a few more holders, 7 seemed loads when I first got it..
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integerspin

I picked up a few Tripan 100 series holders (thanks Nick!) here a while back.

I have since made a toolpost, and a PILE of tool holders, though, as yet, unfinished.

I made a dovetail cutter to cut the slots for the cut-off tool blades as well.

I should get off my rump and get a picture organised!

I only had the tool holders themselves, and pictures that I had downloaded over time, and was not certain how the innards worked, so I came up with a way, as well as a way to save my tool, when I had an "Oops!" moment, and made one of the cuts too deep.

It seems to work OK! :-)

Cheers Trevor Jones

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Trevor Jones

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