lathe dog

It's a 3/8" square bar bent around a 1" diameter roller pin (H.F. compact bender), then heated ("map-gas" torch) and bent / beaten to get the 90 degree bend, then drilled and tapped 1/4-20 for the hex-socket head screw. So far it has worked great in my Atlas 618 while cutting steel.

Hi Guys I've been using a rusty old piece of 1018 steel for my dead center. It's finally begun to see the end of it's life. It's short and I've been putting off making a new one for a while. I want one that is at least 4 inches long so I can attach larger lathe dogs to my workpieces. What is...