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That was my first impression as well, the tool post itself rarely needs adjustment, just reach for a regular box wrench to tighten/ loosen; on my CA tool post, I use a engineer's hex box wrench and a piece of pipe about 3 ft long to adequately tighten it.Beautiful finish on the taper section.
Just a preference of mine, but I would keep the tool post holding screw as a hex head nut or bolt. I often do miner production work on my lathe and I would see the second handle bar as a knuckle buster when making quick changes.
That goes with the territory, especially with small light machines!This was just for demonstration, had not cut with it just yet. Thanks for the tip, sad to say I’ve had more mishaps at work using cutoff bits than anything else.