Yet Another Tail-stock Tap And Die Holder...

[GreatOldOne]

My take on the venerable tail-stock tap and die holder for my Sieg SC4.

MT2 with a 20mm guide rod, the sliding body takes 25mm round dies and interchangeable tap chucks I bought as a set that had some crappy ratchets on the end (which got cut off, and then the business end got pressed into som 25mm collars I had turned).

Dies go in one end, taps the other. Dimples in the chuck collars stop the chucks from turning.

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• GreatOldOne
• Mar 9, 2016

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• GreatOldOne
• Mar 9, 2016

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• GreatOldOne
• Mar 9, 2016

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• GreatOldOne
• Mar 9, 2016

Does the job it was made for, so that's a bonus.

 

[dlane]

Does the job it was made for, so that's a bonus.
Nice set up

 

[TommyD]

Nice work

 

[GreatOldOne]

I scored a small albrecht drill chuck of eBay, and it came on an int40 arbour. I turned that down and bored the centre out so it was a good sliding fit on the guide rod, and voila - a sensitive drilling attachment for the lathe.

 

[9t8z28]

I know its an old thread but nice mod to an SC4 lathe which I have as well. I don't see many posts about these machines