Lathe Tool Post

Explanes the benifits of the Quick Change Tool Post

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• tool post
• lathe tool post
• tool holder
• machinist

[KitCox]

Great video. Can you tell us what lathe you demonstrated this on? Thanks.

[machinistguide]

@KitCox

Thanks Kit Coc my lathe is a 14 x 40 Birmingham engine lathe

[DalesTec]

Great Vid..... thanks for takeing the time to make..... I was wondering how the quick change worked..

[johnlebl]

@KitCox Yes. You can set the height of each tool holder for center, but I don't have a quick-change yet. I have a standard four-way which requires you to use shims because it is not height adjustable. it's the one that is basically a square block with a groove for a tool bit on each side and two or three screws to clamp the tool down with, that comes standard on the Chinese 7x12 lathes. With that type, you have to set the height every time you re-mount a tool or sharpen it.

[KitCox]

@johnlebl With quick change posts that I have seen the height is adjustable. As a non-machinist just beginning on my own, wouldn't you be able to adjust the height of the cutter point after sharpening against a fixed center in the chuck using the height screw on the post?

[johnlebl]

I think that the advantage for the hobbyist or person making one-off parts would be the ease of setting the tools to center height. It's a royal pain to have to mess with shims every time I have to change tooling in my "4-way" tool post or after sharpening the cutters. Tool changes may be more frequent with one-off parts than with production work, depending on the part because form tools and tailstock turret tooling that tend to stay mounted in high volume work.

[keithk98]

Great vid! Keep them comming!!