Will this drill and tap? Steel tap...

If you’re thinking about making a tailstock die holder, of which there are a million versions, I recommend the Hemingway design. It has a kind of clutch that allows running the die right up against a shoulder. Check it out.
The drawings are all you need to build this as the material requirements are scrap bin items if you’ve been machining for a few years.

Sorry about the marginal incomplete photos…but the video tells it all.



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