Anyone ever use one of these Dremel adapters

tripletap3 said:

First of all I can't believe you don't have a Foredom tool. You have all the nice toys and not just the the China stuff that I do.
Yes I do have 2 oil ports on my carriage that just basically oil the ways. At first I wasn't sure why they were there but I found out that they can hold oil (allot of oil) They really make a mess on the ways if you oil them too frequently.</SPAN>

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Believe me, I have my share of China tools too, nothing wrong with having import stuff that works fine. )

I see, I saw another pic & now I see where your oil ports are, they're more towards the left, mine are more towards the right like my carriage lock. My coolant nozzle mount is on the right side too & is one piece with the lamp mount. I don't use the flood coolant so I just made a bottle holder out of it.




Too much oil on the ways can't hurt anything. But I do hate when dust & crap settles in the oil on the ways. I tend to oil my ways after I use the lathe so it protects them when not in use & it's ready to go the next time I use it. Problem with that is when I don't use it much during the week I get all kinds of crap in the oil so I wipe it down & reoil. I used to cover the lathe with an old towel but it didn't do a good job, I just picked up a movers blanket from HF for less than $5 & it does a much better job.

I just bought a couple quick change tool posts for my Taig & 7"x12" harbor freight lathes, the one for the Taig came with one of these, but I'm in the process of building me one that will hold my Foredom Hand piece. Can think of all kinds of things to do with it.

Dwayne

Very simple to make

I made one for my old SB years ago. All it takes is a piece of Al with a 3/4- 10 hole tapped in it's end. and you're set to go.
It wasn't as pretty as yours ,but it worked.

Here's my first attempt, I haven't used it yet, this one is for the Taig, Lord willing, I'm going to make one for the HF 7x10, I'm thinking of leaving the height adjusting nut off, but maybe I need to drill & tap all the way through so I can use it for either side, your thoughts appreciated, cause I don't really know what I'm doing, kinda shot in the dark for me. There's probably things I'm not considering, if so please tell me. Thought it might also be used on the milling attachment. I haven't done it yet but plan on rigging up something to hold the motor for the Foredom so it can easily be moved right or left to accommodate both the lathes. One of my my Foredom's has a collet type set up with six different size collets, and the other has a small drill chuck. Here's the pictures,

Very nice Dwayne!