New to me..........Emco Compact 8 Lathe

[liteace]

Thanks again, the tool post does spin round 360° something else Ive learnt, next question, who can ID these strange accessories that was in the boxes

Next one:

Next one:

and last one:

Thanks

 

[Steve-F]

#2 & #3 looks like a crude ball turning devices, and #4 is some sort of a fast action movement widget ? Got me on the first one at moment

 

[Fermic]

The 4th goes atop of your tailstock for fast drilling with a lever.

 

[Aaron_W]

Looks like it came with a Multifix toolpost, if that is a real Swiss made one that is a nice bonus, but even the copies are not cheap.

https://www.penntoolco.com/swiss-mu...vpm0NGcszZo1NP-UATCv1oKphpEEvZ7gaAhgKEALw_wcB

 

[liteace]

This is the tool clamps I have, 3 of these

Quick-change turning toolholder AA12/50 | Hoffmann Group

Buy Quick-change turning toolholder AA12/50 at the Hoffmann Group eShop: ✓ Personal advice ✓ Exclusive top products

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The tool holder is this, cant seam to find a lot of info on it

 

[Aaron_W]

This is the tool clamps I have, 3 of these

Quick-change turning toolholder AA12/50 | Hoffmann Group

Buy Quick-change turning toolholder AA12/50 at the Hoffmann Group eShop: ✓ Personal advice ✓ Exclusive top products

www.hoffmann-group.com

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The tool holder is this, cant seam to find a lot of info on it

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German is good, I was thinking Chinese when I mentioned the copies.

 

[liteace]

Speeds, Ive 3 on this I think, if for example I wanted to turn down a piece of steel or alloy and I wanted a smooth finish, what size, width cutting tool at what speed?

Thanks

 

[liteace]

I don’t know the technical name for the bolt, pivot bolt? But most of that style of QCTP I see has just a nut on it. So the Allen head would be an improvement as far as clearance IMHO As there’s not much clearance between it and the height adjustment. Personally I’d make another bolt with a head like the locking stud uses so I could use that same handle on both of them.

My clone came with an AXA style QCTP and they made a nut with a handle on it. It works but having two handles so close together took a little getting used to and sometimes it interferes. Yours the handle isn’t attached so it would be easy to swap.

The unmodded thing on my 9x20 clone was the nut on the tailstock lock. I took a camlock kit meant for the 7x lathe tailstock and adapted it to my tailstock. Made life so much easier as I move the tailstock a lot!

You got any pics you can post, I'd like to modify the tailstock lock as its a pain as is

 

[C-Bag]

You got any pics you can post, I'd like to modify the tailstock lock as its a pain as is

I used the kit from Little Machine Shop to mod the 7x lathe tailstock.

Tailstock Cam Lock Kit | Lathe Cam Lock Kit | LittleMachineShop

Compatible with a variety of lathes, this cam lock kit can covert a standard mini lathe tailstock to lock by lever action. Get the job done right.

littlemachineshop.com

It was one of my first big projects with my mill/drill. I hope you can see the material on inside top of the tailstock frame so the eccentric had room to work and then bore through for the eccentric. I used one of the drill arms off my mill as the handle. Overall it’s been a really good project and way better than it was with the silly locking bolt/wrench. The problem is the groove/ramp? underneath the frame the bolt engages with was not machined parallel to the ways. So where the handle locks is not the same depending on where you are on the ways. The final mod I need to make is a new bottom retainer for the locking bolt as its silly and often goes cockeyed because it has a slot for the bolt head. Hope this helps.