Finally turning some metal!

[Round in circles]

Don't throw the lantern tool post away .. there are still some uses for it especially if you're lucky enough to find some of the original cutting tools in garage sales etc .

 

[wa5cab]

One potential use for it is for mounting the only commercially available ball turner that I know of. It has the same shank as the Armstrong style cutter holders. Which means that it is too tall to mount in an AXA or probably BXA tool holder.

 

[guitarman0023]

I don't have the lantern post, the lathe was only 250, came with just the four jaw chuck and a homemade toolpost that had no rigidity. So far I haven't found anything the QCTP can't do.

 

[mikey]

The QCTP, however, should always be set square to the spindle axis, normally with one mounting face facing the work and the other on the left (headstock) side of the TP. The only time that it would be set otherwise would be rotated clockwise 90 degrees if you need to work up close to the tailstock.

Just wanted to point out that this is mostly true if you use inserted carbide tooling. However, with HSS tooling the lead angle of the tool is frequently changed to accommodate the operation; the lead angle is changed by rotating the tool post to the desired position, which is rarely square. In addition, many inserted carbide tools will actually finish better if the tip of the tool is canted slightly toward the tailstock. The reason for this is that you are cutting almost purely with the nose radius in this altered position; you might give it a try.

 

[kd4gij]

I don't have the lantern post, the lathe was only 250, came with just the four jaw chuck and a homemade toolpost that had no rigidity. So far I haven't found anything the QCTP can't do.

I said the same thing when I first got my QCTP. But the lantern ends up on the lathe once in a while for that hard to reach job.

 

[jdedmon91]

Yeah my lathe didn't even come with the lantern post, it came with a homemade one that had zero rigidity. For a long time, I thought the lathe was junk, until I figured out the homemade tool post had a bad crack in it I didn't see. Very happy with the QCTP

Thought I show how I modified tools for direct mount in the QCTP

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