Tailstock drill chuck, with a difference!!!

I'm thinking a simple one of these could be made from an inexpensive basic microscope's focus components. Heck, you could use the ocular as a get-by loupe.

I have to say that FIL of yours made elegant stuff.
 
Besides being so cool, it looks like so much fun to make!

How does it work for you?


Bernie
 
Thanks Bernie, I suspect it would take a pretty good machinist to build this. I know it is way beyond my capabilities. My FIL's friend, Bud, worked for Rad Labs for years and was very good at this kind of thing. He and my FIL took gunsmithing together at OIT here in Klamath Falls and then opened a business called the "Shot Shop". This was back in the 50s. Bud was later offered a job at Rad Lab where he worked for several years. He worked on things which were near radioactivity which in later years affected his health. He was a great machinist and a great guy. So that's the background story and I'm sticken to it.
 
Your a shooter too. Nice! Don't see tins that old often.
 
Your FIL was certainly a very skilled man Ron, those pics where well worth the wait!

Bernard
 
Dranreb said:
Your FIL was certainly a very skilled man Ron, those pics where well worth the wait!

Bernard
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Thanks Bernard, yes, this is a beautiful lathe attachment! I don't use it often but when I do, nothing else that I have will fill the bill.
I have an "Emco Compact 8" lathe that I use it on and they are both great for small projects.
 
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