Collet Closer todays project
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:51 pm
I've found the hand wheel collet closer to be very handy on my SB heavy 10 I thought I would do the same to the 5914 Clausing,because I think the SB is going to be looking for a new home. Really don't need 2 lathes with taper attachments and the Clausing is a much more capable machine. Had a suitable piece of DOM mild steel in my material pile so did the internal thread the other day.[Really like my Top Notch threading inserts]
Was going to make the hand wheel-thrust block etc ,but decided to call a guy I know that has LOTS of tooling. He had a closer but the tube was to short ,no prob as I had already had that covered.I had already sourced the hadr to find spindle adapter but he also had one so got that also . Getting lazy but getting the hand wheel parts saved lots of time not re-inventing the wheel so to say. Need to get a spindle protector/sleeve extractor or I have a idea that I can just use a dog driver plate that I have with a small mod.
Was going to make the hand wheel-thrust block etc ,but decided to call a guy I know that has LOTS of tooling. He had a closer but the tube was to short ,no prob as I had already had that covered.I had already sourced the hadr to find spindle adapter but he also had one so got that also . Getting lazy but getting the hand wheel parts saved lots of time not re-inventing the wheel so to say. Need to get a spindle protector/sleeve extractor or I have a idea that I can just use a dog driver plate that I have with a small mod.