G'day all!

Thought i would post my homemade die holder made on my homemade cnc machine.
I have one of those cheap tap n die sets, cost me all of around $35 AU, anyhoo they thread soft metals fine but the die holders are very flimsy.
Broke it pretty early on so figured i would just wizz one up on the cnc, needless to say came out nicely

I had picked up a bunch of 6061 scrap from the boatbuilders and used a bit of 12mm to make the die holder with.
Quickly drew a design in bobcad and away we went.
Cut with my sole remaining 1/8" 2 flute bit at a conservative 0.5mm doc and 1300mm/min feed.
It measures 80mm x 50mm and i tapped a m5 thread on one side for a set screw to retain the die and as i had some 5/16 all-thread handy I tapped a hole in each end for handles and sleeved some ally tube over.