Taper Attachment progress

Surprman

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Last weekend I milled up a new section to attach to my cross slide so I could use my refurbished taper attachment. It came out pretty good. I drilled holes in the new part and also drilled and tapped holes for two 1/4-20 bolts in the cross slide. Below are pictures of the assembled unit. I tested it out and it worked great (didn't actually make any chips, just tested the movement). You can see the broken portion of the cross slide I replaced on the table in the second picture. I disassembled it later to put the first coat of paint on it.

Rick

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Surprman said:
Last weekend I milled up a new section to attach to my cross slide so I could use my refurbished taper attachment. It came out pretty good. I drilled holes in the new part and also drilled and tapped holes for two 1/4-20 bolts in the cross slide. Below are pictures of the assembled unit. I tested it out and it worked great (didn't actually make any chips, just tested the movement). You can see the broken portion of the cross slide I replaced on the table in the second picture. I disassembled it later to put the first coat of paint on it.

Rick
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Here she is all painted and reassembled:

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I agree nice job on the taper attachment repair and lathe restoration. Now it is time to get her dirty.

Paul
 
fastback said:
I agree nice job on the taper attachment repair and lathe restoration. Now it is time to get her dirty.

Paul
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I agree. My first project will be a die alignment fixture for the tailstock. (I turned a really nice replacement bolt for my carriage stop and proceeded to put some crooked threads on it by hand. :angry:). It works ok, but it still bothers me. (I didn't have one of the gears I needed to turn the threads on directly). The fixture will be a good exercise for the taper attachment. I may also make myself another dead center as long as I have the taper angle set-up I have three people who said they have stuff they might want me make for them (bolts and threaded rods so far).

Rick
 
Yeah, I need one of this die holders for my lathe as well. It would have come in handy a few times already, but it's a little harder for me to make one as I don't have that sweet taper attachment to cut the MT #2 for the tailstock.

I would be interested to see what you come-up with. So far, the guy on Ebay selling the kit is the slickest one I've seen for the small lathes. The tap is held in a chuck with a knurled grip sliding on another shaft. Basically, your hand grip is like a clutch. If it gets tight or you want to stop tapping, just let go and it spins on the shaft. Very slick.
 
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