upgrading my 100 year old South Bend Lathe

[fradish]

If you don’t have a mill you can make you t nut on your lathe with a 4 jaw chuck. You can also
buy premade t nuts on ebay. Just search for t nut South Bend and probably the toolpost thread.
Some use a metric thread, mine is 9/16.

I think this is what I bought.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Extra-Long...260687?hash=item3f7fc07bcf:g:NnQAAOxyQj9RLCew

 

[Kernbigo]

cdco machine corp.

 

[middle.road]

Or Shars <$150, for a set.

 

[Glenn Brooks]

Also, if you make a t nut, you might also need a space, or a taller t nut, to obtain the correct tool height. On my Dalton lathe, I added a spacer and had to scrape and file the machined surfaces to obtain a true register with the compound. Otherwise, the tool post rocked back and forth a bit. Bluing and rubbing the spacer on a granite set up,table helped me determine where the high and low spots were.

 

[dtsh]

I recently put a qctp from CDCO on my 1903 Seneca Falls lathe, it's definitely an improvement.

It was pretty trivial to machine the T-slot nut to fit the Seneca.

 

[MikeInOr]

Shars has a BXA Wedge type holder set on sale for $184
http://www.shars.com/quick-change-tool-post-set-wedge-type-222-bxa

CDCO has a BXA Wedge type holder set on sale for $135


Which one should I purchase for my new to me South Bend 13" x 6' lathe that came without a tool holder? If there is any advantage to the Shars set I don't mind paying the extra $49. Thanks to this thread I now know I will have to machine a T nut.

--- Sorry for the thread hijack!

 

[Ulma Doctor]

a 9" lathe will use a AXA toolpost very nicely, i have an import Wedge toolpost on my Hercus ARH 922

 

[RobertHaas]

Thanks Mike, just ordered.

 

[RobertHaas]

My cross slide needs some TLC so I will strip it down and clean it up while I wait for the new QCTP to show up.