Anyone still using the old style lantern holders ?

[projectnut]

I see crazy ebay buyer.... look at the price... INSANE seller.

only needs motor???? Only needs everything but the chuck and bed.
What a joke. but at 9,350.00 it's a bargain.

Foolish me. A neighbor gave me an identical machine a few years ago. It was complete with a stand, motor, and a pile of tooling. I cleaned it up with the intention of giving it to my nephews. Unfortunately, mom and dad thought they were still too young. It sat in the shop for about a year before I gave it to a young fellow just getting into the hobby.

 

[BGHansen]

Ahh, there's that vintage thing again.

For grins and giggles I looked at the other "bargains" that seller has to offer on eBay. One man's trash . . . Everything from this seller is either in the $9K or $900 range. Doubt he/she has to go to the post office very often.

Bruce

 

[woodchucker]

I think the guy is a prankster, or a total D-Bag...
Since I find nothing funny, lets rule out the former.. he's a D-Bag...

 

[BGHansen]

And getting back on topic, "NO", I do not use my lantern style tool post on my Clausing 5418 lathe. It's equipped with a BXA QCTP from All Industrial Tool supply (wedge type). Another reason is my shop "organization" . . . Here's where the Armstrong tool holders set in the Clausing box on a storage rack at the end of the lathe. And before anyone asks, "NO", I'm not interested in selling it even though I don't use it!

Bruce


Armstrong tool holders are in the steel box at the green arrow


So to get to the tool holders, I have to move all of this . . .



Which lets me get to this . . .




And because you never get in trouble making fun of yourself, the thought occurred to me "where the heck is the lantern itself???" It took 20 minutes of pulling other stuff off that storage rack, but voila, FINALLY found it!



Glad I won't have to go through that again, lantern/base & wedge are now stored in the tool holder box! Thought I was going to have a fun project for the Tormach CNC mill cutting a dished washer!

 

[Kevin T]

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A fine assortment. Looks like my kit, only I don't have the nice box!

 

[jwmelvin]

I pulled mine out a while ago, thinking I should sell it.

Never really made up my mind.

 

[ericc]

I made a lantern tool post during some idle forge time. It came in really useful twice. Once was for cutting a shallow dish by rotating the compound spigot (doesn't really work with a block tool holder) and the other time was to cut an acme thread for my cross feed screw with the traditional follower rest. The lantern could get to the correct place. I could have probably fabricated a more offset follower rest, but the lantern worked great. Saved me some argon. Actually, the lantern tool post was easy to set up, easy to get to the correct height with the rocker piece, and plenty rigid for the job. It was a pleasure to use. I recently got a grab box full of lathe tools and it contained nearly a full set of Armstrong tool holders along with duplicates, bits, boring bars and rockers. I'll probably nearly never use any of them, but they look nice in the box. For 99% of uses, the QCTP works just fine, and I seem to prefer it, but there's really nothing wrong with the lantern.

 

[Shotgun]

I think the guy is a prankster, or a total D-Bag...
Since I find nothing funny, lets rule out the former.. he's a D-Bag...

More likely a drug dealer. Selling obvious junk for just under $10k is an easy way to launder money.

 

[ErichKeane]

I don't use the lantern holder, but the carbide armstrong L/S/R holders (those without the builtin up/down angle) are perfect for use in a shaper. I have quite a few for just that purpose!

 

[ramsay]

Use lantern with Armstrong holders all the time on my 1941 LeBlond.. I have Aloris for both of my lathes and they are good for inserts and hard materials but mostly just use hi speed I grind myself in my rocker tool post....