Lathe Pins needed...
- Thread starter Zims Rack
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Hey Zim,
I usually make My own, as I have all three of those tap sizes, the 5/16x18 tap you can get at home depot for something like that, and don't have to worry about ruining a $35 tap if you want to go into brass or alluminum, but the others are tougher to find. I don't know if he has them or not, but he does have males I am pretty sure. Atlas also has them, but come in the set of both male and female. Seems as if I saw someone selling them on ebay a while back as well. also seen stuff like that on other sites, maybe try prather, that cueparts place, and others. Do a search for them and may help you out. There are other places I am sure, but don't have them off the top of my head. If I remember I will pass It on to you. Good Luck,
Greg
I usually make My own, as I have all three of those tap sizes, the 5/16x18 tap you can get at home depot for something like that, and don't have to worry about ruining a $35 tap if you want to go into brass or alluminum, but the others are tougher to find. I don't know if he has them or not, but he does have males I am pretty sure. Atlas also has them, but come in the set of both male and female. Seems as if I saw someone selling them on ebay a while back as well. also seen stuff like that on other sites, maybe try prather, that cueparts place, and others. Do a search for them and may help you out. There are other places I am sure, but don't have them off the top of my head. If I remember I will pass It on to you. Good Luck,
Greg
Zim,
Take a look at Brianna Procucts (www.briannaproducts.com). Lee is a regular seller on eBay, so he may be who Greg was refering to. I've bought a few items from him and they seem to be quality pieces. I recently met him down at the Derby and he seemed like a nice guy as well.
Take a look at Brianna Procucts (www.briannaproducts.com). Lee is a regular seller on eBay, so he may be who Greg was refering to. I've bought a few items from him and they seem to be quality pieces. I recently met him down at the Derby and he seemed like a nice guy as well.
You could go to a machinist but it would be more cost efficient to buy the whole set from Chris.
Michael Webb said:
Yeah, I aggree with Michael, would not be worth his time, or yours, unless you are planning on selling them. I have a couple of machinest buddies, one of which has made parts for me in the past, and says he has access to tooling to make any part i need. I would not waste his time with those. Actually hardly even need him to make me anything anymore, unless way out there, and beyond My tooling. as I mentioned I make some myself, not that hard to do, and can use several materials. I have also bought them, and out of the ones I have bought, atlas's set, and Chris's were the nicest. I believe Chris posted and mentioned he does'nt usually make/sell females though, just males.
This is where that old mini lathe I bought back when comes in handy, it is great for making small stuff like that, and fits on a shelf under one of my benches until I need It. For super precision, the cnc made are the best IMO. The ones that atlas sells are nice also, as I believe they are cnc, and mine still look new, even though they have seen plenty of use. They should last you a life time if well taken care of, so the cost is well worth it to me. I am about to buy a uniloc set, as they are a little harder to make, and I like to have atleast one presision set to begin with. I make several in each size of various shoulder sizes for different uses, or machines to keep them with. also the presision sets help me make extra's, because i can mount the pres. set in the chuck, screw the one on to It that I made, and true up the arbor side of it, so they run nice, and true in the lathe. just the way I do it and works for me.
Greg