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Tool Holders

and Testing

Tool Holders

To build your CNC machine tool holders, you wi ll require the fol-
low ing too ls and materials:

• Plywood

• Self- tapping screws

• Large pipe clamps

• Springs

• Drawer slide

• Electrical junction box

• Two electric wi re straight-relief clamps

For testing purposes, I buil t a coup le of makeshift tool holders
from material I already had in my collectio n of "might be useful
one day" stuff. .Neither of these holders posi tions the tool with
great accuracy but for what they are you will be impressed with
the results. After you have your mach ine up and running, you
might consider designing bett er holders. We w ill build a penhold-

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