@metalreign1 Thank you. I'll have to try that one. Never heard that before... Now, I'm in the UK and this kind of stuff is hard to find in neat form.... Plenty in the pubs though!
I'll see what I can do. Will be interesting to try it out :-)
@Dividedhead -ur welcome. any rubbing alcohol is good. i keep it in a squeeze bottle and add as needed in situations where you might run no lubrication at all. helps keep aluminum and copper from gumming up your lathe/mill/drill bits. and your part just needs a good shot from the air hose when your done. wear latex gloves, and make sure you got good ventilation.
@brianszoo Yes. A friend of mine purchased one a few months ago. well, I think it's what you're describing? sounds like the same piece of kit.
This was something I thought up a while ago, I didn't know then that there were "sensitive drills" on the market. Else I'd have probably tried to copy one of them.... Myford for instance 125 British pounds!!
The few hours and cheap materials I used here are far better when I consider how many times I've needed it.
A lathe can be used for much more than turning. We were taught how to put the flats of nut and turn a cube. I have a cube in a cube that I turned many years ago that sits on my desk and when I tell people I did it on a lathe they look at me very funny. The lathe is very versatile you just have think outside the box.
@Dividedhead I am sure your are you look very compadent. My point was really to some of those made below who were asking about mill attachements etc.
I nearly said outside the cube when I was writing that comment but didn't. Not sure why. Yeah all of my apprentices do a cube exercise amoung other things when they are learning how to turn.
@dh5830 Ahh, I see. I read it without the context of answering Ninja6kid. Read it now. It makes much more sense. Thinking it was meant for me (so self centred!) I was quite confused.
Competent... No, I just make what feels right trying to get a few crucial points in the correct place. Doesn't always work. But then that's how many of us learn I suppose?
Nice little attachment. I AM a machinist (over 30 years) and it takes more than a spelling error to ruffle my feathers. Threads can be single pointed or made with dies and sometimes dies are a better choice. Nice job. For fun try milling some parts using only a lathe with a tool post and not a milling attachment. Really screws people up when you show them a complex part made solely through turning on a lathe.
@ninja6kid An independent four jaw chuck or faceplate can be used to hold parts. Machine a perfectly square cube on a lathe and people look at you funny. Many things can be done a different way with a little creative thought.
How long you been machining boy? Morse not moarse. I am withholding my thumbs up for this egregious orthographical error. Absolutley no excuse for that!
@efzt Seriously? Really? That's the worst thing you can find.... Brilliant!
In answer to your question:3 years as a hobby.
I created these videos for display,help and possibly inspiration. If my editing lets an error through then so be it.Most people are grown up enough to look past such errors and enjoy the video for what it is.
Nice use of big words too.. I'm so very intimidated now....Not!
You can keep your thumb and up it where you like.(I have a suggestion...)
@slovakmath The tone of that message! (boy!) not the first either. I'm not annoyed at the reason for the message. I'm only human I make mistakes.
It's the way it was written.So damn arrogant.
Who needs people being so obnoxious? I do this as a "fun" hobby.The videos are made as part of the forum usage that has helped me as I hope to help others.
I've never claimed to be a machinist.(check my channel)
Well, I'm glad that most people are as polite and nice to others as yourself.
I have to agree with delboy this video is great including the music, I have just bought a 7 x 12 lathe and am in the process of a small rocker engine. This requires some small holes. I was wondering if you could send me the plans so I could make one. Hopefully this will work on tapping as well. All the best in your future designs AJ
@ajcgkm Thank you. You will need to re-size the parts in the drawing but it should work fine.
Send me your e-mail address (by PM) and I'll send it to you.
It's not a full plan, it's just my 2D rendering of the tool from the side. But with that and a few pic's you should be able to get a working tool from it?
Not too sure about tapping? Never tried it for that.
@ninja6kid Threads can be cut a few different ways. I used a tap and die to cut these but you can certainly use a manual lathe to cut them as long as you have screw cutting facilities fitted. Mine uses a combination of gears that are altered to gain different speeds and a gear box attached to the lead screw which moves the saddle along at the required speed to cut a certain thread.
It's a little more complex but there are plenty of forums that go into detail.
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Many thanks for sending me the plans for the Peck Drill.
I have printed them off and will show them to my engineering friend when I next visit him. As I am fairly new to machining work he is guiding through the various stages and we hope to be visiting a metals merchant in the very near future.
Fingers crossed, one of us will machine one of these drills.
Hi Ralph, I recently showed the plans of your Peck Drill to my friend, who was very impressed. He now has to convince his wife to let him view the video on her computer. One last question...what chuck do you use to hold such small drills?
Glad you're passing the work around.... Always nice to know more people like the stuff I make :-)
The chuck I use is a 0-6mm B10 taper one that I got over the interweb.
There are smaller ones available too.
You have to look out for them. Not too sure on the make right now. But it wasn't the cheapest I could find.... Kind of a low end one though. As long as it held the bit true I was happy with it :-)
Hi, This piece of tooling is just awesome. Your engineering skills are just wonderful. I love the way in which you use diffent metals together. How do you merge them together?
Could I please ask for the plans to this, and also for your rounding ball tool.
By the way, your videos are also very professional looking and as such are educational and truely very interesting to view.
I'm glad you like my works, both machining and editing :-)
My skils are getting there, still a long way to go!
Yes to the drawing (it's only a hand drawn 2D rendering and it is missing the front and rear views... But you should be able to figure it out in conjunction with the video?
The ball turner plans are available from Steve Bedair's website, address in the description on that video.
Neat! Fun to see the pics as the progress is made, makes it seems like it's such a doable project.
I have to ask about the length of it - does it seem like it could have been made shorter to avoid overhang and increase rigidity? (Well, holes this small really don't need super rigidity, but it might keep it from wandering off center.) Seems like it works great though. Thanks for sharing!
There is a larger version of it being made by a member of MadModder. net It is viewable by anyone not just members.... Although it is free to join aswell!
There doesn't seem to be any issues, it as you said is to be used with smaller holes. Locking the tailstock and a spot with a centre drill means that the small drill bit does not wander.
Sharing.... What would you tube be without that?! :-)
Thank you for taking the time to view and comment.
'A dying breed' Well not all,I'm only 34! I think that many of the tallented model makers and hobby engineers are just hiding in sheds and garages like me! ;-)
Some forums out there on the interweb are helping people like me learn new things from some of the 'old hands'. They have even assisted me in meeting a few of these craftsmen that I would never have even known existed without them.
All the music (bar one) is listed in the credits of each video... It cause an issue on the finger engine video2 as they got upset that I was advertising their music for free!?!
I actually cheeted! I used the compound slide to cut it, just concentrated in getting the angle correct and then used many passes to get a good finish...
you are supposed to offset the tail stock ... There are many articles and books out there explaining the recognised correct way. But this worked for me... Has done for 5 such tapers!
Sorry I didn't pick up on this message.... It must have slipped through the net??
If you are willing to take a few pic's and share them the 'madmodder . n e t' is a new forum for those of us who like to make all manner of stuff and share the results with people from aroung the world.
I like your idea, I can envision what you are saying and think it would most likely work well... one way to find out for sure!
I have some rudimentary drawings of this design I can mail to you if you message me with your e-mither address.
Nicely made,though I have seen those peck drill heads for sale,also you can get tail stocks with lver operated quils instead of the handwheel,the Peatol small lathe incidentaly comes with one as standard,but good job anyway!!
I have since seen a few of the different designs out there... people like to point out that I could have purchased one... But at £100+ I thought the making of one to take an existing chuck and materials that cost about £15 and a few days of fun to design and make wasn't bad!
I had not seen any of the other designs until I went to a model show this year.... funnily enough I also own a peatol lathe! This design was purely to make my 9x20 more versatile. Still glad you like the job anyway :-)
Hi. It uses the taper in the tailstock to hold the tool central to the workpiece and then a centre drill to make a small start hole for the small drill bit to enter and keep it centred as it starts. By pulling backwards and forwards on the upright handle the drillchuck is pushed and pulled toward and away from the workpiece.
nice work, try some alcohol when machining copper,bronze, brass or aluminum. nice lubricant with no mess. cheers
metalreign1 1 week ago
@metalreign1 Thank you. I'll have to try that one. Never heard that before... Now, I'm in the UK and this kind of stuff is hard to find in neat form.... Plenty in the pubs though!
I'll see what I can do. Will be interesting to try it out :-)
Dividedhead 6 days ago
@Dividedhead -ur welcome. any rubbing alcohol is good. i keep it in a squeeze bottle and add as needed in situations where you might run no lubrication at all. helps keep aluminum and copper from gumming up your lathe/mill/drill bits. and your part just needs a good shot from the air hose when your done. wear latex gloves, and make sure you got good ventilation.
metalreign1 6 days ago
@metalreign1 Thanks, I'll try and source some and give it a try :-)
Nice pic's on your flicker link BTW. But 2 years and no videos?? ;-)
Dividedhead 3 days ago
@Dividedhead -thank you for the kind words. no, no videos..maybe one day.
metalreign1 2 days ago
@brianszoo Yes. A friend of mine purchased one a few months ago. well, I think it's what you're describing? sounds like the same piece of kit.
This was something I thought up a while ago, I didn't know then that there were "sensitive drills" on the market. Else I'd have probably tried to copy one of them.... Myford for instance 125 British pounds!!
The few hours and cheap materials I used here are far better when I consider how many times I've needed it.
Dividedhead 2 months ago
A lathe can be used for much more than turning. We were taught how to put the flats of nut and turn a cube. I have a cube in a cube that I turned many years ago that sits on my desk and when I tell people I did it on a lathe they look at me very funny. The lathe is very versatile you just have think outside the box.
dh5830 2 months ago
@dh5830 I'm not quite sure where you're going with this comment?
Just stating the lathe is good for everyone to read? Or telling me I'm not using it to potential?
I'm personally aware of many of it's functions. But thank you for pointing a few out.
"Turners cube" > google images = a few pic's of a very common project for learners.
"The lathe is very versatile you just have think outside the box"
surely you mean cube?
Hard to gain inflection from text isn't it?!
smiley anyone? :-)
Dividedhead 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@Dividedhead I am sure your are you look very compadent. My point was really to some of those made below who were asking about mill attachements etc.
I nearly said outside the cube when I was writing that comment but didn't. Not sure why. Yeah all of my apprentices do a cube exercise amoung other things when they are learning how to turn.
dh5830 2 months ago
@dh5830 Ahh, I see. I read it without the context of answering Ninja6kid. Read it now. It makes much more sense. Thinking it was meant for me (so self centred!) I was quite confused.
Competent... No, I just make what feels right trying to get a few crucial points in the correct place. Doesn't always work. But then that's how many of us learn I suppose?
:-)
Dividedhead 2 months ago
The handle looks like it belongs in a space ship.
TheLightningStalker 3 months ago
@TheLightningStalker Possibly did and I subconsciously copied it? ;-)
Dividedhead 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Goodness! This video is so well put together. Really great drilling technique!
aphex4000 4 months ago
@aphex4000 Thank you. Glad you like it :-)
Dividedhead 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I had forgotten how good Mile Oldfields music is.
123HURST 6 months ago
@123HURST Happy to have revived your appreciation :-)
Dividedhead 6 months ago
Drilling copper is REALLY tricky...
PhantomMigKiller 8 months ago
Dang! This is where tool meets art!! Beautiful job!!!
newfization 1 year ago
Very well done!
kaziklu79 1 year ago
well done!
timothysvec 1 year ago
Nice little attachment. I AM a machinist (over 30 years) and it takes more than a spelling error to ruffle my feathers. Threads can be single pointed or made with dies and sometimes dies are a better choice. Nice job. For fun try milling some parts using only a lathe with a tool post and not a milling attachment. Really screws people up when you show them a complex part made solely through turning on a lathe.
DrDirtyJr 1 year ago 5
@DrDirtyJr Hik, thank you for the pleasant comment :-)
I have a vertical slide but don't really use it since I got the mill. Much easier :-)
I know a few guys who make some stunning works using just the lathe...They have to get very creative while still staying safe. Most impressive.
Thanks again.
Ralph.
Dividedhead 1 year ago
how is it possible to mill on a lathe withought a mill attachment???? magic??
ninja6kid 11 months ago
@ninja6kid An independent four jaw chuck or faceplate can be used to hold parts. Machine a perfectly square cube on a lathe and people look at you funny. Many things can be done a different way with a little creative thought.
DrDirtyJr 11 months ago
very cool stuff! I cant wait to get a lathe
ninja6kid 11 months ago
How long you been machining boy? Morse not moarse. I am withholding my thumbs up for this egregious orthographical error. Absolutley no excuse for that!
efzt 1 year ago
@efzt Seriously? Really? That's the worst thing you can find.... Brilliant!
In answer to your question:3 years as a hobby.
I created these videos for display,help and possibly inspiration. If my editing lets an error through then so be it.Most people are grown up enough to look past such errors and enjoy the video for what it is.
Nice use of big words too.. I'm so very intimidated now....Not!
You can keep your thumb and up it where you like.(I have a suggestion...)
Don't bother replying.
Dividedhead 1 year ago
@Dividedhead efzt had to have been joking, there is no way a person can be that concerned about spelling...cheers, I loved the video
slovakmath 1 year ago
@slovakmath The tone of that message! (boy!) not the first either. I'm not annoyed at the reason for the message. I'm only human I make mistakes.
It's the way it was written.So damn arrogant.
Who needs people being so obnoxious? I do this as a "fun" hobby.The videos are made as part of the forum usage that has helped me as I hope to help others.
I've never claimed to be a machinist.(check my channel)
Well, I'm glad that most people are as polite and nice to others as yourself.
Thank you.
Dividedhead 1 year ago
@slovakmath yeah you're right.
efzt 1 year ago
@Dividedhead For what it's worth, I am inspired. Thanks for sharing...
johannas58 1 year ago
@johannas58 Thank you. It's worth a great deal.
It means a lot to know you are helping others in some way :-)
Dividedhead 11 months ago
@Dividedhead
Would it be possible to give some dimensions. I would like to make some drawings that others could make one of their own...
johannas58 11 months ago
@johannas58 Send me your e-mail address via message and I'll get the 2D drawing I made sent to you.
All I ask in return is a copy of the drawings you make.... Fair deal? :-)
Dividedhead 11 months ago
@Dividedhead more than fair!
johannas58 11 months ago
@johannas58
E-mither send to the address you gave.
Ralph.
Dividedhead 11 months ago
@efzt
Oh no! Why not focus on what is real? Creativity!
johannas58 1 year ago
I have to agree with delboy this video is great including the music, I have just bought a 7 x 12 lathe and am in the process of a small rocker engine. This requires some small holes. I was wondering if you could send me the plans so I could make one. Hopefully this will work on tapping as well. All the best in your future designs AJ
ajcgkm 1 year ago
@ajcgkm Thank you. You will need to re-size the parts in the drawing but it should work fine.
Send me your e-mail address (by PM) and I'll send it to you.
It's not a full plan, it's just my 2D rendering of the tool from the side. But with that and a few pic's you should be able to get a working tool from it?
Not too sure about tapping? Never tried it for that.
Hope your engine goes well :-)
Ralph.
Dividedhead 1 year ago
can you cut threads on a manual lathe? or do you need to have it computerised with motors.....
ninja6kid 1 year ago
@ninja6kid Threads can be cut a few different ways. I used a tap and die to cut these but you can certainly use a manual lathe to cut them as long as you have screw cutting facilities fitted. Mine uses a combination of gears that are altered to gain different speeds and a gear box attached to the lead screw which moves the saddle along at the required speed to cut a certain thread.
It's a little more complex but there are plenty of forums that go into detail.
Hope that helps?
Dividedhead 1 year ago
it does help thank you!
ninja6kid 1 year ago
very nice tool, my compliments
AndreaGanora 1 year ago
@AndreaGanora Much appreciated. Glad you like it :-)
Dividedhead 1 year ago
Very nice work !
Opaltom 1 year ago
@Opaltom Thank you. Nice of you to say so :-)
Dividedhead 1 year ago
You're a smart cookie. Cheers !!
joshezemans 1 year ago
@joshezemans Thank you. Nice to know you think so :-)
Dividedhead 1 year ago
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intermitrj 1 year ago
@Delboy25 I'm gonna remove that from public view... Got your e-mail off it first though :-)
Dividedhead 1 year ago
@Dividedhead Hi Ralph,
Many thanks for sending me the plans for the Peck Drill.
I have printed them off and will show them to my engineering friend when I next visit him. As I am fairly new to machining work he is guiding through the various stages and we hope to be visiting a metals merchant in the very near future.
Fingers crossed, one of us will machine one of these drills.
Cheers,
Derek
Delboy25 1 year ago
@Delboy25 No problem Derek.
Hope you can get a working tool out of it....
When you get it sorted I would like to see a picture or more of the drill you produce please. My way of seeing what I've helped make :-)
You can send any pic's on the e-mail address I sent you the drawing on :)
Have fun.
Ralph.
Dividedhead 1 year ago
@Delboy25 No problem Derek.
Hope you can get a working tool out of it....
When you get it sorted I would like to see a picture or more of the drill you produce please. My way of seeing what I've helped make :-)
You can send any pic's on the e-mail address I sent you the drawing on :)
Have fun.
Ralph.
Dividedhead 1 year ago
@Dividedhead
Hi Ralph, I recently showed the plans of your Peck Drill to my friend, who was very impressed. He now has to convince his wife to let him view the video on her computer. One last question...what chuck do you use to hold such small drills?
Cheers,
Derek
Delboy25 1 year ago
@Delboy25 Hi Derek,
Glad you're passing the work around.... Always nice to know more people like the stuff I make :-)
The chuck I use is a 0-6mm B10 taper one that I got over the interweb.
There are smaller ones available too.
You have to look out for them. Not too sure on the make right now. But it wasn't the cheapest I could find.... Kind of a low end one though. As long as it held the bit true I was happy with it :-)
Hope that's enough?
Ralph.
Dividedhead 1 year ago
Hi, This piece of tooling is just awesome. Your engineering skills are just wonderful. I love the way in which you use diffent metals together. How do you merge them together?
Could I please ask for the plans to this, and also for your rounding ball tool.
By the way, your videos are also very professional looking and as such are educational and truely very interesting to view.
Keep up the good work.
Delboy25 1 year ago
@Delboy25 Hi, thank you.
I'm glad you like my works, both machining and editing :-)
My skils are getting there, still a long way to go!
Yes to the drawing (it's only a hand drawn 2D rendering and it is missing the front and rear views... But you should be able to figure it out in conjunction with the video?
The ball turner plans are available from Steve Bedair's website, address in the description on that video.
Message me you're E-mail address.
Ralph.
Dividedhead 1 year ago
Thats a useful looking tool there if I say so myself ! I would like to build one.
chromeboy579 1 year ago
@chromeboy579 Easy (ish ) to make, If you would like a copy of my drawing message me your e-mail address :-)
Dividedhead 1 year ago
Do you have plans available for this tool?
ftownroe 1 year ago
@ftownroe I have a drawing of it scanned somewhere, not a technical masterpiece but does the job.
Send me you e-mail and I'll mail it to you :-)
Dividedhead 1 year ago
nice, what's the smallest diameter bit you can use here then?
werf4 1 year ago
impressive.
malecaucasian 1 year ago
@malecaucasian Thank you, Glad you like it :)
Dividedhead 1 year ago
beautiful work, congratulations! you've got great skills.
can i ask you a newbie question?
at aprox. min 1.36 you are using a lathe tool with a golden insert, what is it made of? i'd like to know a little more about those.
thank you!!!
gameover2005 2 years ago
Hi,
Thank you for the compliments :-)
The tool is a boring bar with a carbide tip insert (CBMT type) if you need any other help on it message me and I'll find you a link.
Oh, and if you put : into your time thing it'll give a hyper link to that point on the vid... 1:36 ... Just a pointer :-)
Ralph.
Dividedhead 2 years ago
mutch better and faster than normal tail stock
Dominykas14 2 years ago
now make some carb jets.
light4darkness 2 years ago
Well I suppose I could..... But I have no real plan to.
I only made this because it was a challenge, something to hone my skills on....
Only used it once since! sure there will be another time in the future..... Just not sure when?
Dividedhead 2 years ago
Hi
Great vid, you could adapt this for you cross slide and use it for cuttng key ways if you see where i'm coming from. Ken V
MegaRotation 2 years ago
just beatiful..
easycashfactory 2 years ago
Thank you.
Very happy to receive such nice comments :-)
Dividedhead 2 years ago
good video
Axel2989 2 years ago
Thank you.
Glad you like it :-)
Dividedhead 2 years ago
Neat! Fun to see the pics as the progress is made, makes it seems like it's such a doable project.
I have to ask about the length of it - does it seem like it could have been made shorter to avoid overhang and increase rigidity? (Well, holes this small really don't need super rigidity, but it might keep it from wandering off center.) Seems like it works great though. Thanks for sharing!
ryobiguy 3 years ago
Hi.
There is a larger version of it being made by a member of MadModder. net It is viewable by anyone not just members.... Although it is free to join aswell!
There doesn't seem to be any issues, it as you said is to be used with smaller holes. Locking the tailstock and a spot with a centre drill means that the small drill bit does not wander.
Sharing.... What would you tube be without that?! :-)
Thank you for taking the time to view and comment.
Ralph.
Dividedhead 3 years ago
really nice work ,and a good clip too....shame people with skills like these are a dying breed.
iiredeye 3 years ago
Thank you, Glad you like it :-)
'A dying breed' Well not all,I'm only 34! I think that many of the tallented model makers and hobby engineers are just hiding in sheds and garages like me! ;-)
Some forums out there on the interweb are helping people like me learn new things from some of the 'old hands'. They have even assisted me in meeting a few of these craftsmen that I would never have even known existed without them.
Do you make anything yourself?
Got any plans to?
Ralph.
Dividedhead 3 years ago
I like the music in your videos. Can I get a playlist?
bcdhifi 3 years ago
All the music (bar one) is listed in the credits of each video... It cause an issue on the finger engine video2 as they got upset that I was advertising their music for free!?!
Ralph.
Dividedhead 3 years ago
Im presuming you cut the taper with CNC?
Im contemplating buying a Sherline lathe and although I did a few work peices in highschool i don't really know all that much.
Is there any books/websites/videos you can recommend to getting started? I know of Gmarks videos, thats how I found you :)
Btw, nice job on this.
Also: Whats your opinion on the sherline lathes?
Dooobs 3 years ago
No CNC here Chief!! All manual.
I have never used or know anyone who owns a Sherline machine.... I haven't even seen one in person!
There are many people out there who have them and create stunning work on them too. Seems like quite a good advert to me.
My lathe & mill are much larger than Sherline machines but can still make parts that are very small when required.
I'll send you the only 2 websites I know via PM.
Thank you for the compliment too :-)
Ralph.
Dividedhead 3 years ago
How do you cut such a smooth and even tapper manually?!
Its very nice.
Dooobs 3 years ago
you use a taper turning attachment. look at one of my videos thread cutting. cutting a tapered thread with taper turning attachment.
timmy3317 3 years ago
Yep... That worked alright. Looks like you got a bit of slightly over warm swarf come your way at the end?
That's a monster of a machine compared to mine!!!
But then it's your living I figure?
Dividedhead 3 years ago
yea it was the rocol tapping fluid we put it on the tool and all over the job for that movie. fare stinks that stuff too.
timmy3317 3 years ago
I actually cheeted! I used the compound slide to cut it, just concentrated in getting the angle correct and then used many passes to get a good finish...
you are supposed to offset the tail stock ... There are many articles and books out there explaining the recognised correct way. But this worked for me... Has done for 5 such tapers!
Sorry I didn't pick up on this message.... It must have slipped through the net??
Ralph.
Dividedhead 3 years ago
it is very interesting to be able to find this kind of thing on the internet, and be able to watch precisely what interests us.
thankyou for sharing/posting.
i am thinking of making a similar thing myself.
a toolpost mounted, powered drill that would allow me to crossdrill through the centre of a bar, or holes on a pcd on the end.
i thought that if i mount the body for it in the toolpost and then bore it using the chuck it would always drill on the centreline.
hope that makes sense!
trebletwo 3 years ago
Don't you just love the interweb?!
If you are willing to take a few pic's and share them the 'madmodder . n e t' is a new forum for those of us who like to make all manner of stuff and share the results with people from aroung the world.
I like your idea, I can envision what you are saying and think it would most likely work well... one way to find out for sure!
I have some rudimentary drawings of this design I can mail to you if you message me with your e-mither address.
Raplh.
Dividedhead 3 years ago
Nicely made,though I have seen those peck drill heads for sale,also you can get tail stocks with lver operated quils instead of the handwheel,the Peatol small lathe incidentaly comes with one as standard,but good job anyway!!
silver760 3 years ago
I have since seen a few of the different designs out there... people like to point out that I could have purchased one... But at £100+ I thought the making of one to take an existing chuck and materials that cost about £15 and a few days of fun to design and make wasn't bad!
I had not seen any of the other designs until I went to a model show this year.... funnily enough I also own a peatol lathe! This design was purely to make my 9x20 more versatile. Still glad you like the job anyway :-)
Dividedhead 3 years ago
nice construction/tastefully executed video ...bravo...
laphant 3 years ago
Thank you, I try... :-)
Dividedhead 3 years ago
G'day Excellent video and device. I mainly machine larger items but now and again need to go small, spare time permits will put one together.
Ken
dogbreath86 3 years ago
How does it work? Does it allow a little play so that the bit centers itself?
russhayden 3 years ago
Hi. It uses the taper in the tailstock to hold the tool central to the workpiece and then a centre drill to make a small start hole for the small drill bit to enter and keep it centred as it starts. By pulling backwards and forwards on the upright handle the drillchuck is pushed and pulled toward and away from the workpiece.
Hope that's a little clearer?
Dividedhead 3 years ago