ENCO 9 X 20 lathe projects this year

[fixit]

Installed a QCTP on my ENCO 9 X 20 lathe. For the center bolt used the existing bolt and drilled and taped the bolt that came with the tool post. Seems to work good and a lot less work then replacing the existing bolt. The 4 bolt clamp was made two years ago. Both item were a great improvements.

I just completed reversing gears for the carriage. I am VERY happy with this project except the gears make more noise then I wanted but no worst then before. All the gears have ball bearings in them they are the same bearings that DeWalt uses on their saw armature. I also mounted the bearings on a offcenter bushing so I could adjust the mesh of the teeth. Now I can make those left handed threads I've been waiting for on bushings for oil filter adapters.

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[mattthemuppet2]

sweet, nice work!

 

[96cb750]

Nice job on the reverse tumbler )

 

[trainman2]

Installed a QCTP on my ENCO 9 X 20 lathe. For the center bolt used the existing bolt and drilled and taped the bolt that came with the tool post. Seems to work good and a lot less work then replacing the existing bolt. The 4 bolt clamp was made two years ago. Both item were a great improvements.

I just completed reversing gears for the carriage. I am VERY happy with this project except the gears make more noise then I wanted but no worst then before. All the gears have ball bearings in them they are the same bearings that DeWalt uses on their saw armature. I also mounted the bearings on a offcenter bushing so I could adjust the mesh of the teeth. Now I can make those left handed threads I've been waiting for on bushings for oil filter adapters.

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Installed a QCTP on my ENCO 9 X 20 lathe. For the center bolt used the existing bolt and drilled and taped the bolt that came with the tool post. Seems to work good and a lot less work then replacing the existing bolt. The 4 bolt clamp was made two years ago. Both item were a great improvements.

I just completed reversing gears for the carriage. I am VERY happy with this project except the gears make more noise then I wanted but no worst then before. All the gears have ball bearings in them they are the same bearings that DeWalt uses on their saw armature. I also mounted the bearings on a offcenter bushing so I could adjust the mesh of the teeth. Now I can make those left handed threads I've been waiting for on bushings for oil filter adapters.

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I purchased a AXA QCTP for my 9X20 ENCO a while ago after installing on one my 12X36 but never installed it. The problem was that even at its lowest position the cutting tool was slightly above center. I thought about removing material from the top of the cross slide or modifying the tool holder.
Did you have this problem if so, how did you address it?

 

[trainman2]

I have decided I am going to drill/tap the compound to accept the supplied Bostar AXA post. With that said does anyone know what size thread it is.