Trade lathe tooling

[Southtowns27]

A 6" vise is overkill for a RF45 style mill. A 4" is more appropiate for that size mill & IMO 5" max. I have a 5" GMT vise on my PM45 & it's slightly too big. Not enough Y axis travel to make use of the 5" full capacity. Better to save your money rather than getting something too big & most importantly the weight. I take my vise of the table quite often, a 6" is still light enough for me to be carried by hand but I'm glad I have a 5". I also have a 4" vise as well. I prefer the 5" though.

But those GMT 6" Premium vises are pretty nice. I'd love to have one but don't need one on my current mill. But if you plan on upgrading to a full size knee mill in the future than the 6" will be perfect.


Here's what the 5" looks like on my mill.



I couldn't even complete this cut without my bellows & DRO scale getting in the way. Not enough Y travel & the 5" vise is not even maxed out.



Here's what a 6" vise looks like on another PM45 (gt40's)
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[Southtowns27]

Nobody?

 

[Turnaround]

I am looking to buy some tool holders that have the square holes on horizontal centerlines. Most of what I have now, have their square (tool bit) holes at an uphill angle, which doubles the angles ground into my hss tool bits, and make setting the tool bit to center of stock just about impossible. I have something wrong with my stock of tool holders, tool bits, and compound rest height of my Harbor Freight 14" x 40" lathe.

 

[larrylarry]

I have a 4 jaw chuck I would look at trading with you. Message me if you still have the tooling thanks.

 

[olcopper]

Shaper tooling is made that way---have you considered using a QCTP and that type of tool holders?
olcop