Pete.
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I do this all the time.
- Thread starter bourbon
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BrokenBiker
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what taper does your tail stock take?
MT2 I've just had a youtube look and @Morrisman has got it sussed. I haven't opened the split up a bit and I'm trying to take off too much metal. I'm having my tea now and I'm working tomorrow So I'll crack it on Monday. If all else fails I'll get a decent die from UK drills.
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Yours if you want it. MT 2 taper, takes dies with a 20mm OD, other adapters woukd be easy to make. It came with my lathe but too small for my limited amount of dies and I want to make a slightly different type anyway.
Missing the Tommy bar that rotates (or holds it still) the dies holder
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no problem, ill pop it back in the box with the rest of the tooling i still need to sort through
just like everyone of us on here!!no problem, ill pop it back in the box with the rest of the tooling i still need to sort through
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made even worse by the addition of a new bench today, so now ive got an actual space to put the box rather than having to move it every other day...it'll never get seen to now
thinking about it, i may keep this as a dedicated tool for clocking in mt2 tapers for things i want to make...just spun it in the lathe with an mt2 collet in the spindle and its dead true
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UK Drills is not necessarily a supplier I would associate with 'decent quality'.
Volkel dies (Rotagrip via eBay) are a good balance of price and performance.
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MattF
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I use blank arbors in the tailstock. I have a couple of different diameters, which I can choose between, to make sure they press on the die only, & not the handle.
brightspark
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i have a set of tailstock die holders but generaly just shove the the tailstock up to dies and give the cluch a quick pull and it starts the thread off . either take it out and put the job in the vice and finish by hand or just use the chuck key in lathe and pull by hand
they don't care, Just say, is it cheaper? crack on.But don't tell them at work
hunter27
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The last lot of 11mm drill bits I bought from UK drills bent!
BrokenBiker
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my 10.2 turned out to be a 10.0...
Just make one...
how hard was the shaft to make?
make a new one, leave the 5mm bolt end extra long, have your 5mm bit you'll need later then turn the next bit down smaller, try 4.8mm
once you get started on the 4.8 section you should be able to work onto the 5mm section no problem
tho thinking about it... 4.8mm might be a bit small
make a new one, leave the 5mm bolt end extra long, have your 5mm bit you'll need later then turn the next bit down smaller, try 4.8mm
once you get started on the 4.8 section you should be able to work onto the 5mm section no problem
tho thinking about it... 4.8mm might be a bit small
