Crossfeed/Tool Holder for Jet Mini-Lathe

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I have a Jet Mini Lathe that I use to make pens and Exotic Wood Pocket Chalkers.

Does anyone know if anyone makes a Cross Feed and Tool Holder for such a lathe?

I know folks make steady rest (with Rollerblade wheels) for these lathes. I have the extended bed so that I can work on cue shafts, but a cross feed would be of great help.
 

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Yeah, a milling table might do it if you can get the height right.
Not the best way to go, but it might be worth a shot.
 
If you plan to do tips and ferrules with it, the first question is what is the smallest inside diameter of of your headstock spindle bore? Mounting a cross-slide in front of the headstock chuck is no big deal, but you will need to make a rear steady rest to hold the large end of the shaft behind the headstock and have enough bore to slide the small end of the shaft through the headstock.
 
cueman said:
If you plan to do tips and ferrules with it, the first question is what is the smallest inside diameter of of your headstock spindle bore? Mounting a cross-slide in front of the headstock chuck is no big deal, but you will need to make a rear steady rest to hold the large end of the shaft behind the headstock and have enough bore to slide the small end of the shaft through the headstock.
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My headstock bore is about 1". I have an extra radial pin which I clamp into the headstock for working on my shafts. And, I have a steady rest (one of those made out of rollerblade wheels). The combination of the radial pin and the steady rest work really well to hold cue shafts in place for cleaning and burnishing.

I just need that bit of extra precision provided by the cross feed and the ability to use a single point tool on the lathe.

Thanks for helping .....
 
I don't think you are going to be happy using a single point tool with the roller bearings being what your shaft is spinning in. I would think you would want it more solid before using a cross-slide because if the ferrule walks up on top of the bit it will do some serious damage. Look on my lathe pages and see how the shaft runs through the headstock with rear steady rest and crsoss-slide in front of the headstock chuck and that is how I would advise to proceed. It would probably run you about $325 to convert your lathe that way.
 
8Ball48043 said:
My headstock bore is about 1". I have an extra radial pin which I clamp into the headstock for working on my shafts. And, I have a steady rest (one of those made out of rollerblade wheels). The combination of the radial pin and the steady rest work really well to hold cue shafts in place for cleaning and burnishing.

I just need that bit of extra precision provided by the cross feed and the ability to use a single point tool on the lathe.

Thanks for helping .....
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The bore on your chuck looks to be about 1 in, but your headstock bore,
or spindle ID bore, is almost certainly about 3/8<10mm>:).

Chris is talking about sliding the shaft thru the headstock.
Many older wood lathes have a spindle bore of 5/8. I can easily put a shaft
thru my headstock. If this lathe had a 5/8 spindle bore, I would have
jumped on one the day they became available.

Just because you can't fit a shaft thru the headstock, doesn't
mean you still can't do everything you would ever need to with a shaft.
You might be better off getting a bearing block like Chris uses to
stabilize the tip end of the shaft.

Dale
 
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