Emco Compact 5 tool post

[rhofer1]

Hi, all,
who can recommend a rigid tool post for a Compact 5. I can't find a source for the original. Anybody have a source for the original or something comparable? (I have one of the aluminum POS, and I'm not at all happy with it.) Thanks.
Ron

 

[Stylo]

I just joined here. Are you still looking for that tool post?
I started out with a Compact 5 but now I use it more as a backup lathe. Over the years I graduated from the original tool post to the steel two-way blocks to a QCTP. If you are in need, I still have all that stuff -- and I even have a spare steel QCTP, brand new (I bought two sets from Little Machine Shop, one for the 5 and the other for my Atlas 618, but it turned out LMS was wrong when they said it would fit the Atlas, and I never got around to returning it).

David