Drill fixture for the lathe

Could that be used with a mill bit to cut a keyway slot ? Or is that a very silly idea that I shouldnt even think about ?

Bill
 
Great Idea......and with a clamp collar on the shaft you can even set your depth for the drill if indexing the spindle for more holes.
 
Looks great
Now for milling

Dave

mark_f said:
This is a simple tool I have seen before and it may even be on this site, but a friend sent it to me on the internet and inspired me to finally build one as I have wanted to for a while.


It is simple to build
View attachment 89665 Tow pieces that I cut entirely on the band saw and welded together. I did mill a groove on the bearing block .100" deep to align the shank while welding. A hole was drilled and bored for a .500" ID bearing that pressed into the block.
View attachment 89667

View attachment 89668
View attachment 89669 A .500" OD shaft , 6" long with a 3/8 drill chuck on the end fits in the bearing. You attach your cordless drill and then you can drill a cross hole on center or turn the fixture to face drill your work. You can drill feeding with the crass slide or saddle , or you can drill sliding the shaft in the bearing block.


Simple but useful tool for the lathe


Mark Frazier
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Nice and simple. At work we took the drill off of a milwalkey mag drill and mounted it on a plate and use that for drilling off center holes. I make large boat shafts and bushings and pins for dragline sheaves. At home on my small 12x36 lathe I use a foredom flex tool in a 1" boring bar holder.
 
mark_f said:
This is a simple tool I have seen before and it may even be on this site, but a friend sent it to me on the internet and inspired me to finally build one as I have wanted to for a while.


It is simple to build
View attachment 89665 Tow pieces that I cut entirely on the band saw and welded together. I did mill a groove on the bearing block .100" deep to align the shank while welding. A hole was drilled and bored for a .500" ID bearing that pressed into the block.
View attachment 89667

View attachment 89668
View attachment 89669 A .500" OD shaft , 6" long with a 3/8 drill chuck on the end fits in the bearing. You attach your cordless drill and then you can drill a cross hole on center or turn the fixture to face drill your work. You can drill feeding with the crass slide or saddle , or you can drill sliding the shaft in the bearing block.


Simple but useful tool for the lathe


Mark Frazier
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Hi Mark, what a great "gadget" to have, I am going to try and make one for myself.
Regards Basildoug10
 
OK Mark enough is enough, I read every one of your threads as they are always so inspiring. Leave something for us simple minded guys to come up with ;-) thanks for all your contributions as you are one of the people who makes this such a great forum! If you are ever in Phoenix let me know as I would love to buy you a beverage of your choice and pick your brain for a couple hours.
 
Thanks, I just can't stop. every time I see a tool, I think I want to build it.

Mark
 
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