Little Giant And Butterfield Work-rite Adjustable Dies

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Hello,

I recently purchased a Sheldon lathe with some tooling. Included were about 13 different sized adjustable dies brand new in the little cardboard boxes made by Greenfield Little Giant and Butterfield Work-Rite.

I know very little about these dies, but what I gather is they need a collet an handle to be used. On ebay I see all kinds of collets for the Little Giant dies, but none for the Butterfield. Will the Butterfield dies work in the Little Giant collets? Physically they don't appear much different is their shape.

Thanks.
 
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A picture of the dies would help. not quite sure what you have there.
 
I guess if they will fit the holders properly they should work.
 
I get the size of the die holders are different, but does anyone know if the Butterfield dies will work with the Little Giant holders?

Thanks for helping.
 
I need a pair of 1/4"/ 20 thd. dies for a Greenfield set I have if you might have a pair for sale.
 
George, I've bought multiple NOS Greenfield dies off of e-bay for my Little Giant sets. They come up regularly at a decent price.
 
To answer your question, Yes, the Butterfield dies will fit in the greenfield holders.
You will have to have the appropriate holder for the die.
 
It was just last week that I bought a complete #5 Little Giant tap and die set in its original wood case. It looks to be hardly used at all. It has the adjustable dies, and I had never before seen the likes of these. I assume that these dies were adjusted at the factory. But if not, what procedure would one use to adjust each die since there are two cutters, opposite of each other? Mark
 
george wilson said:
I need a pair of 1/4"/ 20 thd. dies for a Greenfield set I have if you might have a pair for sale.
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Hey George, what size dies do you need? There are quite a few different collet sizes, and die sizes as well. If you can give me a measurement, I can check to see if I hae an extra set of 1/4-20.
 
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