Quick Change Tool Post Mod // Beginner Lathe Project
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- I had this quick change tool post and wanted to add it to the lathe.
This is fairly easy for a beginner on the lathe. I modded an AXA tool post and it works great!!
Some of the skills that I continued to work on:
indicating on the lathe with my dial indicator
using a fixed steady
chucking square stock
basic threading
simple boring of holes
Follow: / thunderdog500
You learn something new every day. My dad used to say, the day you stop learning is the day you start dying.
+J.Denton Leavenworth Absolutely!!
J.Denton Leavenworth Amen man....
A lot of this job would have been so much easier on a mill, this I am sure you know. Never the less you stuck at it, got the job done in less than optimal conditions. For this you deserve an A+ and a new sub. GREAT JOB!
+69hytek Definitely agree with you on that statement. Thanks for watching.👊👊🖒🖒
Yes, do get a mill. I bought a used Jet 9x49. Now I have two machines I'm not very good with. That and I now have to buy more tooling. Some of the Chinese stuff is OK some not. Boring head OK, brazed bars not!
Beautiful work mate.
I like how you are not and over confident “look how awesome I am” kinda fella but you have the confidence to have a go... and when you do, it’s give us less experienced blokes the confidence to have a go also. No I don’t have the confidence or experience to tackle the complexity of the jobs you do .... yet... but I’m gaining knowledge and confidence through watching your videos.
Keep them coming. Big fan !! 👍
I appreciate the kind words. I'm on a little bit of a hiatus of making videos, as I'm building our new house. However, I still have all of the machines and will be back into sharing my machining journey.
My grandfather was a machinist, but unfortunately I never got to see him work. I love watching this stuff and really enjoy your channel. Thanks for sharing!
+Seth Galitzer It is very cool to see. Thank you for taking the time to watch.
excellent video, retired machinist 80 yrs young......great job great explanation and description of what you were up to.....thank you for sharing.
Humbled by your comment. Thank you.
Keep the good work, I remember when I was in engineering school working with a 1947 South Bend. Have a good day and keep on turning...
Job well done young man, keep it up there's no better feeling than making a part from a piece of steel that works for you. Congrats.
Making it work...... that's what it's all about!
You made it happen! That is machining at it's finest. :)
Amazing work brother!
Every time I look up something to try out on my little junk lathe, your videos come up and give me hope. lol. Thanks again for sharing this.
+Jeff Richtman Awesome!! That's my intent, to inspire others through my experiences. Thanks for watching.
Metal Shreadder ! Would an Excellent ! Option for your Lathe ! To Go ! Into !!
What do I think.....I'll tell you...10/10, please keep those vids coming, you inspire me and I am sure you inspire others.
Thankyou for taking the time to edit and post, they are very much appreciated.
Regards....Rich, UK.
+rich kellow Thanks, I'm seriously grateful for comments like this.
I can watch lathe work all day long...and sometimes do! That's some good lookin' work!
+Wildman Tech Same here. And a big THANK YOU for making some of my videos apart of your watch time!
I think you made a very good job. I just got my first lathe ( Myford ML7) and I’ve a hell of a lot to learn. I’m watching turning videos like they are going out of fashion.
Read the book by Sparey. I show the book in one of the mace build videos. It taught me so much!!
Best of luck.
ThunderDog. Thank you. 👍
That handle knob is really slick, i'll have to remember that design
Very nice, and you really convey what it's like to build confidence, as well as how much our community can help us, especially with a boost in morale.
+Knolltop Farms Thanks. Keep making those chips!!
Great job. Never hurts to try and make a part to fit your machines and your own needs don't let others tell you it's not right every one has there own idea on how it's done. Thank you for sharing. G W
+Guy Ward Exactly, it's not like I cut the machine the up. Just bringing it into the 21st century. Thanks for watching.
Love your approach to problem solving. Great job!
+Robert Orr Thanks.
Enjoyed this one, good camerawork and working drawing.
Looking forward to more!
+Raymond Owen Thank you.
I'm loving all your videos. A variety of excellent projects, and well filmed and explained. It's good stuff. Thanks.
Very good in all aspects ! I found that the handle from my original tool post worked on top to lock down the QCTP !
Sounds like ! Your Handle ! Was Quite Wonky ! Here !
Very nice work on the tolerances of each piece. The overall project was a joy to watch. Thanks for sharing.
+Dave Calabretta Thank you very much. It was a fun problem to solve.
never be afraid to start a project, starting is always the hardest part. and just remember no matter how bad you screw up there is ALWAYS a way to fix it.
+Tyler Hensley Agreed. But, that thing called "money spent" sometimes hurts a little when we make mistakes.😆
excellent solution.
I also like the quick change posts, which possibly are easier to make, they use the top cone going into the central conical matching hole, the dovetail is cut in the middle, and as you push the cone down with the top handle+ plate, it spreads the dovetail. I think it might be even more rigid and strong.
I'm waiting for my 1st ever lathe, and I will try to make the cams by drilling out of center holes, well I don;t fully understand it yet but I will soon.
to be honest I don't fully understand how cams work. are the holes elliptical or perfect circles out of center?
very nice video!
Hi from the UK. I have a similar toolpost, which I am trying to fit to my Warco WM180. I had to turn the centre pin down from M24 to M10. I have a similar spigot on the compound slide to your lathe, but a little smaller. I needed to drill or bore the toolpost body 18mm x 8 mm deep. Easy Job? No way. The toolpost body is so hard, that even carbide cutters refuse to cut. My current solution is the make a large 75mm washer, with an 18mm hole. This is placed below the toolpost body. However, I'm yet to see if I need to remove anything off the bottom the tool holders. Hopefully. Fingers x'ed the tool holder will not be hardened. Wish me luck.
i hope to be able to grid a tool like you one day, you got a lovely finish on those parts
+The Funeral Director 1965 Thanks.
I like this level of video, that was a good watch cheers for sharing.
very nice quality and camera work was very nice! looking forward to the next project.
+Noway Jerk Everything is getting better, little by little. Appreciate the feedback.
Un excelente trabajo gracias por compartir su sabiduría y su tiempo mostrando dibujos no se inglés pero vi todo el vídeo
Saludos desde México
Good job. Learnt a lot about QCTPs. Going to tackle this project myself.
Greetings from the UK, good work fella, just subscribed as I hope to learn more. I have a Myford ML7 and am always interested to see how other owners modify and generally tune up their machines. Bernie
+TheSciFiEngineer Nice! Thank you for the kind words. There are more vids on the way.
I am new to this hobby also and you did a great job on that tool post !
+John Fry Thanks, best of luck in the learning. It's a blast making chips.
Brilliant... Nice mod too for one of those lathes.. keep up the good work.
+samuel flynn Thank you very much. It's one of my favorite projects thus far.
It wasn't clear in the video what the min parting diameter was but if it was less than .5" you could have parted off by drilling though. It's a pretty neat trick to keep in your toolbox, comes in handy when you're between a rock and a hard place, and also saves work. Great video, thanks for posting!
+Spencer Clayton Nice, appreciate the tip. Thanks for watching.
It Looks awesom, perfect for me to start learning, just got my own Lathe running for 2 days nw
Trust me, a metal lathe is super fun. Thanks for watching.
I bought my QCTP from Little Machine Shop as part of a set of useful tools for the mini lathe.
When I saw a cheaper QCTP on eBay for the mini lathe I bought it, thinking I could adapt either my Grizzly Micro Lathe or my wood lathe for it. Since my back injury, those projects are still waiting in line, but any ideas on how to do it would be appreciated.
good job man ! just remember mistakes are lessons . and i have learned plenty. i did something like this but i put a smaller tool post on a 12" atlas my project was considerably simpler but id rather have a bigger tool post.
+Chris Anderson Yes, maybe that's why I'm learning so much...so many mistakes.😎
indeed . always learn from your mistakes but you can also learn from someone else's to. hey where abouts are you located.
Very technical. I like the eccentric turning.
+Paul Devey That was one of my favorite projects thus far in my machining journey.
Great video man I'm a beginner also so you have inspired confidence. In myself.
+Eric Allen That's the whole reason I make these videos. Hit the bell and stay tuned for more. Thanks for watching.
from what you show on the video it is really well done. sorry to hear your mill isnt up and running at the moment but i enjoyed the vid and i hope you make more.
ps. i will reccomend your channel
Stay tuned because the mill is up and coming. Thanks for watching.
I have a similar piston style quick change tool post. I was curious as to how these were assembled, now I know which should make it easier to fit to my lathe that like the Myford uses a single central stud rather than the T slot the new tool post is set up for. Thank you.
Typical MYFORD ! JUNK !!
Man I think you did a good job, subscribed !! . You could probably get away with putting an O-ring at the bottom of the handle and just say that it's "waterproofing" !! I also like the two-tone look of the tool post holder and the handle I'm glad you left the end silver on the handle. But definitely a good job man I can't wait till I get my first lathe.
+nathanael jones Haha, waterproofing! Two 👍👍 on the sub. Trust me the machinist hobby is a seriously fun rabbit hole of non-stop learning. Thanks for watching.
Nice job have two lathes I need to do that to!
you're doing exactly what i would like to do. still saving my pennies, and wondering if i really have the time, given my other hobbies.
Excellent job. Loved you video.
Cool ass stuff dude!! Great job. Thanks for helping me to learn. Very clean!!
+whitecaps775 Thanks for watching! There is more on the way.
If you don't have the tooling for a counterbore on that handle, i'd bet that milling or filing a flat for the handle to seat on would be a pretty good improvement. You'd also take some of the strain of turning the handle off the stud
+Rob Mckennie I'll check what I've got. Bought a bunch of used end mills and what not. Some of them are crap, if not the file would do ok in a pinch.
Nice machine work. Would have been nice if you found a wedge type QCTP, but you work with what you have. I am sure that after you did all this, you thought of different ways to approach each issue. But if it works, use it. The only draw back that I see is, you will have to shorten every new tool holder you acquire for it now.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, I bought six new tool holders and spent a couple evenings shortening them up. Having the QCTP has been such a drastic improvement to setup time.
top craftsman, and humble with it
Amazing skills. Great work👍
+Mike Shepard Thanks, it was alot of fun.
Great work man! You can be proud of that work!
+Randy Wilson Thanks, it was a ton of fun.
Another great video.....not just liked, but subscribed!
+Peter Walker Nice!! 👍👍
Interesting video. I liked your video, in which you worked with copper. Did you only made this one video with this material? I'd like to see more of that
+Christian Ueckert Yeah, so far that is the only copper piece. I know I will do more. If you have anything you might like seeing made let me know. I like trying new stuff.
ThunderDog a simple steam engine or a Heronsball (also Äolsball, Aeolipile or Äolipile called ) is very interesting and maybe possible to make. Greetings from Germany...
Just did a Google search and those things are really neat! Now, you've got me thinking. Thanks.
Good engineering. Well made.
Hello,
Enjoyable video.
Not a criticism from me, ( you weren't happy) could you countersink the handle hole slightly to allow the space to disappear ?
+Hui 9697 Yes, another viewer suggested something similar. I will probably revisit that handle at some point. Thanks for watching and the suggestion.
If it were me I think I'd spot face the angled area with maybe an end mill and chamfer the first female thread so the end of the handle seats down against the part. It's only a matter of time until the male thread breaks. Seating the end of the handle against the part will prevent the much weaker threaded area from taking the bending stesses.
+Turning Point THANK YOU. These types of comments or as I like to say, "another set of eyes" help me tremendously.
Well I guess I've learned what little I do know by making some of the mistakes you just haven't got to yet. That's the only reason I know that thread won't take much before breaking. 3 - 31/2 threads in length will normally be as strong as the parent metal and the metal should fail before the threads would. That's in tension though. Shear and bending loads are a lot different.
+Turning Point 10-4. 👊👊
Nice job on that mod, I have an Aloris toolpost. That style works much differently...is it rigid enough now that you have some miles on it?
+Makin Sumthin From Nuthin Yup, worked like a charm for quite a while. But now there is something new in the shop now. My Instagram has more details on that.
I do Instagram too, followed ya :)
thank you thunder dog very good video Im french go on teaching us on machining You speak clearly I understand quite evry you said
+Pasquier Hubert Thanks for watching. There is more on the way!
Keep it up 'cause only special people works with steel .
Marcus fro Brasil.
Great video, thanks for the content 👍
Parting off with center in tailstock will surely break that parting tool when it cuts through. also you can get rid of that steady rest with one that has roller bearings.
I'll raise you one, how about I already got rid of that lathe and bought a bigger machine. 👍👍
There are two systems of QCTP the ones who push the holder away from main body and the ones that get the holder towards the main body (e. g. Multifix) I prefer this system because of higher rigidity on the other system all forces push on the one stud behind the holder on this one point it can be as massiv as it wants i prefer the holder towards the main body... But nice work done....
Just one question Dose a home shop/lathe really need an expensive quick change tool post? I have not used mine alot or much but i don't see the need for it, as I always say "I have more time then money"...
Neat vid, very informative and I enjoyed it a lot :)
Did you know you can do a small amount of milling jobs on a lathe by sticking a collet in the headstock to hold endmills. The workpiece can then be clamped to the the cross slide using a tool holder or purpose made jig that fits the tool post.
Stay awesome and keep those chips flyin' ;)
Thanks for watching. Yup, I've tried it a few times but found that the lathe was just not stout enough to take any real cuts. I've only used it with the milling attachment, which introduced too much bounce on the cut. Still, it is great if that's all you've got.
WrenagadeWorkshop for a job with no real dimensions like milling off those blocks I'm a huge fan of belt grinders. simple jig on the guide of a belt table and you can get nice and flat fast
Sounds like your CLEARLY ! USING THE WRONG COLLETTS !
I just got a smithy combo lathe the small one and im not sure what type of quick change tool post buy if the axa or bxa
Another good job.
Another job well done
+francis mumaugh Thanks for continuing to follow along.
That is a good job. Way to go.
+Bill Thank you.
Great job! Thanks for sharing.
+Stany Vallee Definitely. Thanks for watching.
Great Job, it shows you know what you are doing. Just need a bit more confidence, because the project came out prefect.
+Chuck Simeonides Thanks, I just keep tackling these little projects to boost the confidence factor. Plus, it's just too fun!!
Well done !
great video learning a lot from your videos
+raymond woodring Nice. Thanks for watching.
Nice job! I bought a wm-210 in the spring. I've been having fun making my own parts and things but I'm really getting tired of shimming when I change the different cutters. My compound has a small boss on it. I have to decide on the OXA or the AXA, the bigger the better? Anyway I found this video very relevant. Thanks!
brill again mate, now, how about you make another handle with the threaded nut for the top of the post so you don't have to keep reaching for the spanner when adjusting the angle of the post,the one that locks it down when you've turned it around? check out the way doubleboost uses his lathe toolpost in some of his older vids,cant remember if he has the same set up on his new lathe.
+lynn gent Ahh, I like the idea of that one. Adding that to my to do list. Thanks for the input and thanks for watching.
I made a handle for locking the tool post. Much quicker to use than the wrench & nut system. I'm just learning to machine metal. Struggled with turning threads until I started turning from the chuck towards the tailstock, much safer.
+Larry Schweitzer Yeah, you have to be quick on the release. Don't forget you can put some relief at the back side of the threads.
Nice chips! 👍 @0:30
Maybe this Suits ! All the Engineering ZOMMBEEE ! Clown Clones ! On You Tube ! But IT'S ! NOT ! MY ! WAY !! HERE !!
You kicked its ass bro great job !!!!
Nice machine work
Sweet job! I gotta ask: Would you be willing to part with a copy of the prints that you used on this project?
For What ! Reason !?? Then !
great job, thanks for share yours works.
Well done.
+Carl Alban Thanks.
What material is this? I'm always struggling to improve surface finish with my HSS, and the only time I come close to that glossy finish is with a brand new carbide insert cutting carbon steel
+Rob Mckennie The original tool post block is unknown by me. It's an import AXA tool post. The barrel and cam were 12L14, I think. It has been so long since I ordered it from speedymetals.com
ThunderDog aah, that would make sense. I've wanted to have a go with some leaded stock, but have yet to get my hands on some
Good job done, nice!
Thanks.
well done!!!!
Great job.
Fine work, not a beginner project.
looks good.
+Charles Easley Thanks.
Nice device!!!!!👍
Good job
Please if you know of a lathe for sale like a SB 9A or C I would like to get one to work out of my little garage, thank you and have a good turning day..
you said that material machined great, what material is it?
+KyHighlander59 I believe that was 12L14. Hope that helps.
I love the way the leaded steel machines, makes me look better than I am!
Those gears, behind the lathe, are out of a motorcycle gearbox?
+Vaios Kaliakoudas Nope, they are the Myford gears.
+ThunderDog Would these gears fit and work in a custom built of course, motorcycle gearbox?
+Vaios Kaliakoudas No.
MyfordCycle? 🤔
+Makin Sumthin From Nuthin Not exactly, but if you custom machine a shell and the shaft to fit the gears into, it'd be great
How do you produce your drawings?
+Timothy Adcock Fusion360, a great piece of software.
Nice work man, it dont fit? Make it fit!
doest the cam have to be harden?
+Bigwingrider1800 Maybe, the import one was not. But, that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be properly hardened. 😁 Thanks for watching.
if you measure the amount of force that the cam places on the t-nut you will find that it is not that great. hardening is not necessary, but it can't hurt if you want to do it.
good job.
+Mark Comstock Thanks.
Nice!
I WANT DETAIL DRAWIMG OF IT I WANT TO MAKE IT ON MY COLLEGE WORKSHOP CAN you HELP ME ? CAN YOU SHARE ME ?
you learn we learn thanks
+dan van der torre Thanks for watching.
your welcome the best youtube videos are the ones were a guy can learn how to make his own tools I have yet to see someone make a good dividing head or boring head .
dan van der torre check out This Old Tony. He makes a pretty good boring head on his channel.
ok I will thanks
TOP GUN
hello sir very nice job.please send me its .dwg file so that i can make it in autocad then i will start to make this tool post for my personal use.i am a lathe machine oprater from india
look at OTELO tourelle porte outils ref 31819070 what do you think ? more easy