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Chuck K

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A while back I bought a heavy 10 lathe and it came with a few misc. tools. This was one of them. I have been looking at this thing for a while now and can't really figure out how it was used. Seems like the PO called it a hone. Looks like some kind of adjustable boring bar to me. It's made by Everede. I doubt that it was used on the south bend. I was just curious what machine it would be used on. Any ideas? Thanks.
Chuck
 
It is an Everede boring bar with holder. The holder goes onto a lantern tool post. The boring bar is turned in the holder to set the tool height.
 
+1 on what Bob said and that hunk of metal on the end of the chain goes into the slot of the lantern post to hold that boring bar thing down onto the compound.
 
Bob Korves said:
It is an Everede boring bar with holder. The holder goes onto a lantern tool post. The boring bar is turned in the holder to set the tool height.
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Thanks Bob. Being a guy that hates using lantern tool posts I don't see a need for it. Doesn't seem like you would have much rigidity with it.
 
Use it. You'll be surprised how sturdy it is. You can make bushings for other sized bars.
 
I have an Everede set for my 13x40 lathe, but I do not have a lantern tool post to try it with. I think it would be quite rigid. Someday a lantern tool post to fit my lathe will pop up cheap and I'll try it out. For now I am just using the bars in my Phase II tool post. I also have the tool holder block for grinding the triangular Everede tool bits, a bunch of bits, carbide and HSS, and a set of boring bars for it from 3/8 to 1". You would not believe how little I paid for it all. 8^) Everede makes nice stuff...

Lantern tool posts are quite useful for certain jobs and can get into places no other holder can reach. If you have one, don't throw it out unless you throw it my way!
 
Chuck K said:
Thanks Bob. Being a guy that hates using lantern tool posts I don't see a need for it. Doesn't seem like you would have much rigidity with it.
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Looks to me that it gets clamped right down onto the topslide by the toolpost. I don't see why any of the drawbacks of the lantern toolpost would apply to it. I'd make an an adapter to eliminate the need for the lantern post, but it looks quite sturdy and useful.
 
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