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This is not a new product. Very common for a Bridgeport and i have one for mine. With the machine with a drawbar for tools you need to use a wrench to loosen the drawbar and then a hammer to tap the bar down to release the tool. I made my own for a different smaller mill I have, same problem and I didn't want to keep using the wrench and hammer every time I changed the tool.
The wrench part needed to be 12 point to be easy to get on, not need to fiddle with 6 point getting exactly on for just loosening. And the hammer part needs to be soft so as not to hurt the drawbar. I had the bronze stock and used that, brass is usually what they are made from.
Wrammer = Wrench + Hammer
The 12 point socket is just from the many partial sets I have like most guys. I bored the hole in the bar with the lathe and press fit it very tightly with my 12 ton press. Forgot loctite but it is very tightly pressed in.
I never used this for handles before. "Plastidip" comes in a can and you dip the handle in and it comes out with a plastic covering for a handle. Can re dip as much as you want. Worked nicely for this.
The wrench part needed to be 12 point to be easy to get on, not need to fiddle with 6 point getting exactly on for just loosening. And the hammer part needs to be soft so as not to hurt the drawbar. I had the bronze stock and used that, brass is usually what they are made from.
Wrammer = Wrench + Hammer
The 12 point socket is just from the many partial sets I have like most guys. I bored the hole in the bar with the lathe and press fit it very tightly with my 12 ton press. Forgot loctite but it is very tightly pressed in.
I never used this for handles before. "Plastidip" comes in a can and you dip the handle in and it comes out with a plastic covering for a handle. Can re dip as much as you want. Worked nicely for this.