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Default How do you adjust the cutter bit on Aloris Tool Holders

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tomcas wrote:

You've already covered the hows of setting center height quite
well, so I've just snipped that part.

[ ... ]

One word of advice- don't buy the cheap Chinese holders like
Phase One brand. They are absolute crap. Invest in a real Aloris brand
and you will not regret it.


Hmm ... I've got a mix of Phase-II and genuine Aloris tool
holders of various styles. You can get more esoteric styles in the
Aloris brand, but for the styles which are in both brands, the Phase-II
work well with one caveat. As soon as you get them, pull the setscrews
which come with the holders and replace them with good USA made
setscrews of the same size. (IIRC, it is 8mm or perhaps 10mm for the
BXA size). The reason for doing this is that the metallurgy of the
screws is probably the worst part (at least of the Phase-II ones which I
have), and you *really* don't want to have the socket split out while it
is clamped onto a tool (and no part of the setscrew is above the
toolholder block, so you are left with drilling it out. :-) Since a box
of 100 of the proper size screws is cheap enough from MSC or one of the
other major vendors, it is cheap insurance.

Also -- I would suggest purchasing a good T-handle Allen key of
the right size for the setscrews so you can put some serious muscle when
you're setting a tool in the holder.

Now -- there are lower-budget versions than the Phase-II, and
these are sometimes sold as Phase-II (at least based on the
advertising), so this may be what you encountered.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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