Thread: Quick change tool post, advice please

Yep, those are the 200-series toolposts - bloody good. Mine I got for several hundy I think, and picked up two more toolholders later. Do not regret it one bit.

I still use a lot of HSS - as I tend to turn a lot of oddball stuff like urethane, engineering plastics and reaching into small areas and carbide is poo for that. Also, things that aren't free cutting can be nasty with carbide but with HSS you can give them a bit more hook and really get under the hard bit on top.

The 100 series I think is closer in size to what the one up top is for size, but might be able to get away with the 200? 200 series has more meat and more surface area at the bass so is more rigid. The center height measurement is what will dictate the post you need.