tool post drill

[junk iron]

been thinking about taking a drill chuck and make a shaft and housing for bearing and clamp in tool post and use a drill to power it so I could drill circle in lathe,has anyone built one?
Thanks

 

[darkzero]

I've seen 2 types posted on this forum. One was like what you described. A block mounted on the tool posts with a drill chuck, bearings, & a shaft so you could attach a cordless drill to power it. The other one was using a chuck & motor salavaged from a cordless drill mounted in a housing to the tool post wired up to a power source. I have no idea where those posts are though, it was a while back when I saw them.

 

[rgray]

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...-drill-for-lathe?highlight=center+drill+lathe

This one is still working good. On larger diameters there is sometimes not enough room. I use screw machine drills and sometimes and endmill does the trick as they are short.

 

[Billh50]

keep getting invalid attachment when clicking on link.

 

[rgray]

keep getting invalid attachment when clicking on link.

Not sure what is up there. Try typing in the search box " rgray center drill " 3 come up on my computer, mine being in the center.

 

[Pontiac Freak]

Here is the other style darkzero was talking about http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php/29369-Drill-fixture-for-the-lathe

 

[Wreck™Wreck]

This is called live tooling, if sufficeintly rigid you can mill and drill from the cross slide.

 

[junk iron]

Thanks fellows,this is what I was looking for