left and right diamond tool holders

[KellisRJ]

They are available in the US too:

https://secure.villagepress.com/store/items/list/group/415

Gary , Eccentric Engineering, told me  he will be will be closing his association with Village Press.

Ron

[KellisRJ]

I use a diamond tool holder on my Myford, and it pretty much does all the turning I do without moving it.
I now use 1/4" square Stellite tool bits and they last much longer than HSS between sharpening.
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 I then hone that flat face with a fine diamond file before use and I get a superb finish with them.

Phil

Just my $.02.  I used to do the same thing until I reread Gary's instructions saying because the cutting is on the edge, honing flat doesn't make ant difference. I haven't seen a change since I stopped.

[KellisRJ]

I've had both right- and left-hand Diamond tool holders for several years and they get more use than any other lathe tools, despite also having a good selection of TC.
Eccentric Engineering is worth following on Facebook - Garry picks up some very entertaining odd jobs that make up the "... weird stuff" mentioned on his web site. Actually, the last time I saw the back of his ute, the byline read "... and weird s**t" maybe he can't use that on the WWW?

Eccentric Engineering products are innovative and all the ones I've handled have been very well designed and made - highly recommended.

David

I enjoy mine so much I have gifted them to others. I don't do "real" FB much, but his Instagram is quite good. He is  also quite generous with his responses on both IG and personal email. 

Ron

[vtsteam]

Many years ago I made my own Drummond style quick change toolpost and 7 holders to go with it. I also wanted to try the Diamond toolpost geometry built into a holder  So I made one to suit, and It worked quite well.

At first did have the sharpening angle wrong (too steep -- see below) but it still worked. Later made a jig for grinding the correct angle, and it worked even better.

[Alston]

I bought one of these several years ago. A few of us commented on the design and they changed the shank angle relative to the cutter making it a bit more user friendly. They do work nicely and I’ve cut very hard materials using bits of reground carbide from broken end mills.