some toolholders

[rafe]

some toolholders and a drawbar I have made in the last few weeks or so. 2mt threaded for drawbar on left side...the rest are straight shaft. I'm new to this but I am pleased with the results...Draw bar has collet that I purchased on it....

 

[Old Iron]

Nice job! Are you sure you wasn't a Machinist in some other Life because they look professional to me.

Paul

 

[joe_m]

Those look pretty good. What kind of lathe are you using, how hard was it to get the taper right?

 

[rafe]

Those look pretty good. What kind of lathe are you using, how hard was it to get the taper right?

Hey Joe, I have a craftsman 618(atlas101) as a lathe another older 618 set up with a milling attachment. What I did was (and I doubt it is proper procedure)suspend a 2mt center between the headstock and tail-stop and adjust the cutters angle to follow that. I drilled and tapped it for a draw-bar and it works well on the mill. Next is a carriage stop which will hold a dial indicator or a rod....Need to mount a 4jaw chuck too,after that I will need a way to make gears and I saw an great idea ...lol On the draw bar I kind of cheated with the threaded ends the bar is hollow but thick walled and I milled down bolts with the threads I needed press fit them in and ran a pin through and peened it over....works great

 

[8ntsane]

Nice looking work rafe
For a newbie, your doing some very impressive work.