🔩 Building a Gang-Style Tool Holder with the Jet-12 Drill Press

Hey everyone! 👋 Just wrapped up a fun and super practical project: I made a custom gang-style tool holder for my lathe using the trusty Jet-12 drill press 🛠️.

And made a youtube video about it!

The idea was simple: take a solid aluminum base (of 6061) and add four holes — three threaded, one milled — to hold different lathe tools in place. Perfect for quick swaps and consistent positioning 💡.

Using the Jet-12, I drilled the holes manually 🌀 and then tapped three of them for screws 🔩. The fourth hole? I milled it with G-code on my CNC for precise dimensions. Mixing manual and CNC machining is always a fun combo — and it worked great! 😎

The result is a simple but super useful gang-style holder that boosts efficiency and repeatability, especially for small precision parts like the ones I make for my watchmaking projects ⌚️.

If you’re into lathes, tooling setups, or just like geeking out over shop-made solutions, I think you’ll enjoy the process. I’ve got a video showing everything — check it out! 🎥👇

Stay sharp and keep building cool stuff! 💪⚙️

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