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Lathe wanted
- By muskyed
- Cue Machinery and Supplies
- 77 Replies
Well I finally got my toolchest to mount the machinist lathe on. Really is a great setup having all that storage right under the lathe. Drawers are soft close also. Had the lathe on a workbench but now have my full bench back, love it. I also added and upgraded the wiring at the bench and lathe. Also tapped into my air line at one side of the shop and brought air to the cue making area.
Then I added a quick release tool post setup to the lathe. Was going to get the one that Numobams sells as it would just drop on easy, but by the time I got enough extra holders and waited another 3-4 weeks for shipping, I decided to just get an OXA unit off Amazon. That took a bit of modification to get it to work but not too bad. First I used the spacer that came with the OXA unit. I had to drill and grind it out to fit around the raised boss. The threaded rod that came with the OXA threaded right into the Numobams. Took some work to get the hole to just over 11/16" but wasn't really hard just time consuming. Then there was the tool holders, they were not as high quality as the Shars ones I have on my tool post on my Mid America lathe. They stick a bit dropping on and stick after releasing them. I did work on one a bit last night and it is better.
That's where the real trouble started as it was about .050 too high to center the cutters. Sat on it over night and this morning dug out some aluminum I had that was .090 less thickness than the steel plate I used that came with the OXA rest. Cut it to fit re made a hole to go over the post, had to file the raised boss down about .015, and bolted everything up. Worked like a charm. and gave me room for adjustment.
Truth be told, If I were ever to do this again, I would have just ordered the QR tool post made for it at the time of ordering the lathe. Would have cost slightly more but been much easier. I just couldn't make my mind up at the time of ordering.
I'm really looking forward to a fresh new challenge. For me this is just a personal challenge, but I do want a quality result and have some ideas of what I hope to make.
Then I added a quick release tool post setup to the lathe. Was going to get the one that Numobams sells as it would just drop on easy, but by the time I got enough extra holders and waited another 3-4 weeks for shipping, I decided to just get an OXA unit off Amazon. That took a bit of modification to get it to work but not too bad. First I used the spacer that came with the OXA unit. I had to drill and grind it out to fit around the raised boss. The threaded rod that came with the OXA threaded right into the Numobams. Took some work to get the hole to just over 11/16" but wasn't really hard just time consuming. Then there was the tool holders, they were not as high quality as the Shars ones I have on my tool post on my Mid America lathe. They stick a bit dropping on and stick after releasing them. I did work on one a bit last night and it is better.
That's where the real trouble started as it was about .050 too high to center the cutters. Sat on it over night and this morning dug out some aluminum I had that was .090 less thickness than the steel plate I used that came with the OXA rest. Cut it to fit re made a hole to go over the post, had to file the raised boss down about .015, and bolted everything up. Worked like a charm. and gave me room for adjustment.
Truth be told, If I were ever to do this again, I would have just ordered the QR tool post made for it at the time of ordering the lathe. Would have cost slightly more but been much easier. I just couldn't make my mind up at the time of ordering.
I'm really looking forward to a fresh new challenge. For me this is just a personal challenge, but I do want a quality result and have some ideas of what I hope to make.
