Boring bar holder

When you made the Multi hole pieces for the bars to seat in did you do that one piece and then part it? If not how did you build that portion? Thanks!
 
I can't seem to see any of the pictures this thread talks about. What am I missing? I can see pictures in other threads.
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Skippyman, you probably need to be logged in to see the pictures.

Kevin, I made it as one piece, used a chuck in the spindle to drill and boring head mounted in the spindle to size the holes. Then placed a dead center in the spindle to scribe the center line. Then I mounted it in a chuck and using a threading bit made a v cut at the center line. Finished by using a jewelers saw to part the pieces by sawing in the v grooves.
 
Pristine work on the bar holder!
I was curious about the carriage stop mounted on the ways. Is it from Craftsman or something that you made?
 
Thank you, the stop is actually a Craftsman/Atlas item. I have since sold that lathe to a friend and now have a 12" Craftsman, so I need to make a new boring bar holder for it.

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ksierens said:
Just finished another project and thought I would share. I made a boring bar holder for my Craftsman 101.21200 (618) lathe, so now I can use 1/2", 5/8" or 3/4" boring bars. I modeled it after an old Armstrong holder.
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Very nicely done, Kurt!
Printer said:
I was curious about the carriage stop mounted on the ways. Is it from Craftsman or something that you made?
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FWIW, If you are interested in making a carriage stop, Tom Griffin has plans and a series of videos on his website on how to make one for an Atlas. Might save you some time and effort.
 
My craftsman 12x36 came with that same carriage stop. Don't use it very often but handy to have when I need it.
 
Nice job on the original there.
Yet another item for the 'Wanna-Do' list...
 
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