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You will guess that I maybe have a woodworking background, and have put these skills to work to accomodate the tooling that came with my 1920's Monarch.
I happened to have a suitable wood cabinet from an university surplus sale that is just the right size to fit between its legs, and once I added HD casters and a galvanized drip tray from an auto parts store as a chip pan, the height was just right too.
Another timely bit-o-scrounging produced two pairs of Accuride filing cabinet slides, which you can see below are used to hold two trays for the larger chucks, etc. I used 3/4" ply drilled with appropriate holes to accomodate the chuck and face plate shanks, so they wouldn't shift when I pull the 'drawers' out. A pair of dowels hold the change gears nicely.
Inside the top drawer, I used 1.25" wide strips of 1/4 MDF glued to an MDF bottom to partition and support the smaller tooling. The drawer divider is inclined slightly (1/2") at the back to keep the tools nearer the front. The collet rack is made of 3/4" pine, with legs to raise it sufficiently high for the collets to sit nicely.
The cabinet didn't have a top, so I edged some 3/4" ply with Ipe (Ironwood), and cut it flush with the top using a flush-cutting router bit. Tung oil is the finish. How I have to get it downstairs to join the lathe...
I happened to have a suitable wood cabinet from an university surplus sale that is just the right size to fit between its legs, and once I added HD casters and a galvanized drip tray from an auto parts store as a chip pan, the height was just right too.
Another timely bit-o-scrounging produced two pairs of Accuride filing cabinet slides, which you can see below are used to hold two trays for the larger chucks, etc. I used 3/4" ply drilled with appropriate holes to accomodate the chuck and face plate shanks, so they wouldn't shift when I pull the 'drawers' out. A pair of dowels hold the change gears nicely.
Inside the top drawer, I used 1.25" wide strips of 1/4 MDF glued to an MDF bottom to partition and support the smaller tooling. The drawer divider is inclined slightly (1/2") at the back to keep the tools nearer the front. The collet rack is made of 3/4" pine, with legs to raise it sufficiently high for the collets to sit nicely.
The cabinet didn't have a top, so I edged some 3/4" ply with Ipe (Ironwood), and cut it flush with the top using a flush-cutting router bit. Tung oil is the finish. How I have to get it downstairs to join the lathe...
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