Lathe Tailstock Sliding Tap/Die Holder

[ddickey]

Round or hex dies?

 

[Creativechipper]

Round with lil half cuts all the way around Blue point TD2400 old school set.

 

[bill70j]

I am thinking of making one of these, any pictures or drawings of the ones you all made?
Things you like or would change now after using it for a while?

Thanks

I built one for round and hex dies also. Works as expected.

YouTube creator Halligan142 did a 3-part series on making one of these. It's worth a view, in my opinion. He gives dimensions.

 

[ddickey]

http://www.hemingwaykits.com/acatalog/Tailstock_Die_Holder.html
https://www.neilsniche.com/lathe-tailstock-tap-die-holder.html

 

[coffmajt]

Here is a die holder for both round and hex The shaft it slides on has a mt2 end and is 8 inches long x 5/8 diameter. The holder made from 1 1/2 inch diameter cold rolled and is 3 inches long.

 

[DiscoDan]

I have one of Neil's setups. I used it twice tonight, once on a practice piece and and again to fix the threaded handle that I broke the threaded part off of. Neil gave me ample warning by phone that you can only thread so far before you bottom out in the die holder but my feeble mind forgot. So the tool came in handy to fix itself. I may have to try and make holders for my hex dies. Happy overall and Neil has been great.

 

[mcdanlj]

YouTube creator Halligan142 did a 3-part series on making one of these. It's worth a view, in my opinion. He gives dimensions.

Here's the watchlist to make it easier to find...

 

[finsruskw]

What does this Chap from the UK mean by "silversteel"??

 

[ddickey]

I think it's o1 tool steel.

 

[davidpbest]

With all the threading I've been doing of late, I'm wanting to buy a threading tool for my machines.
Both my lathe tailstock and milling machine are MT2 tapers. I found this one:

http://www.neilsniche.com/lathe-tailstock-tap-die-holder.html

I was wondering if anyone else had one of these and your opinion of it.
Any other recommendations would be appreciated too.

I bought the Neils version and thought it was pretty sloppily made and the design didn’t meet my standards. So I made my own which you can see at this link, along with dimensioned drawings if you want to make your own.