Laser Cut End Mill Holder
As you know I recently purchased a milling machined to be able to do some custom PCB stuff along with some intro level metal working. Well today I thought that I would try to create a collet holder that would have its sizes clearly visible. However being short on time and on a break from some “real” work I made an end mill holder for my 10 piece set from grizzly instead.
I am using a method that I invented I termed: Self threading square tube insert method. Whats so cool about this is it combines fairly easy cuts of aluminum that pretty much anyone can do with a band saw, hand saw or rusty pocket knife… Well not the last one and I don’t suggest you try it. But is very cool. Basically its all in the spacing of the 4 holes that were laser cut that the aluminum sits below. Its a very tight squeeze which allows the screws to “self thread” inside the square tube’s inside. Hence the name. Not super witty but it describes it nicely. Comments, questions or concerns always welcome. Next thing to make is the collet holder.
Here is the final results:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1393
Thingiverse Links as always here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1393
