question for chris hightower

[sixballrun]

i was looking at the website, and i noticed that you sell crossfeed's for wood lathes.

i would be interested in buying one from you for a delta midi lathe, i was wondering if you had a picture of one? do you make them from scratch, or modify your own to fit any lathe?

has anyone else ordered one of these from chris?

thanx.

 

[cueman]

I don't have pictures and have not built one in a few years. Most have found it almost as inexpensive to just buy a lathe already set up to do tips and ferrules than it is to modify a wood lathe. I made those ready to bolt onto Ohio Forge, Craftsman and Central Machinery wood lathes that had the single tube bed. They also fit onto the larger Delta lathes with a little modifying. They cut 5 inches so you could cut tips and ferrules.
Chris
www.cuesmith.com
www.internationalcuemakers.com

 

[sixballrun]

thanx for the reply, i was thinking of just using a coumpound slide table, something like this:

http://www.kingcanada.com/Products.htm?CD=134&ID=555

is that pretty much what you were doing?

 

[cueman]

thanx for the reply, i was thinking of just using a coumpound slide table, something like this:

http://www.kingcanada.com/Products.htm?CD=134&ID=555

is that pretty much what you were doing?

No that is not what I am using. If you look at my Micro lathes you will see the cross-slide I use. I use a small bed section for the left right travel. I mount that on top of a 1" thick piece of aluminum.
Chris
www.cuesmith.com
www.internationalcuemakers.com

 

[macguy]

thanx for the reply, i was thinking of just using a coumpound slide table, something like this:

http://www.kingcanada.com/Products.htm?CD=134&ID=555

is that pretty much what you were doing?

You could use something like this
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTPG=INSRAR2&PMAKA=505-2142&PMPXNO=953289

I just pulled up that picture for an example, you can get one for much less then that one.

 

[sixballrun]

No that is not what I am using. If you look at my Micro lathes you will see the cross-slide I use. I use a small bed section for the left right travel. I mount that on top of a 1" thick piece of aluminum.
Chris
www.cuesmith.com
www.internationalcuemakers.com

interesting, thanx for clearing that up.

 

[sixballrun]

You could use something like this
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTPG=INSRAR2&PMAKA=505-2142&PMPXNO=953289

I just pulled up that picture for an example, you can get one for much less then that one.

yeah, i was looking at those too, i can't believe how much that is , i can get one for $50 CANADIAN!!! ........ brand new!