Recent content by timoxx4

Still yet to do mine. Just waiting on the lathe parts from Hare & Forbes so I can machine the boss down on the compound slide. 12 weeks for the new parts to arrive so I have a bit of a wait. :rolleyes: Damn you Ron you had it easy. lol I wish my boss was like that.

Yeah well that could be a possibility. One like John's only bolted with T-nuts to the carousel maybe ?

Wow, yeah $500+ is a bit out of my range for a tool post. Looks like it would fit straight on though. Tool holders are a bit pricy also for it. Yeah I try to use all 12mm tooling with my lathe also. It would be interesting to see if they might sell just the cross slide part for this machine...

It should be the same I think. The two pieces might just have been stuck together when they came out but the slotted head piece should turn inside the scroll piece so must be 2 pieces or it wouldent work.

Thanks for the pictures. That helps a lot. Hmm looks like I might have to cut my boss down I think. If I bored out the bottom hole on the QCTP it would pretty much wipe out that entire threaded portion on the bottom. Only problem now is I need a tool post in the lathe to machine down the...

Its 24mm. Do you think there is enough room inside the QCTP for this to be bored out ? I don't suppose you can take a picture of the bottom of your QCTP so I could see what it looks like ? Or take it apart to see what room might be inside for a 24mm hole ? That would be a great help if you can...

Hi Rod, I have the same lathe and want to do this to mine as well but its different than yours ? Here are some pictures of it but I don't know if the QCTP will fit as it has a shoulder attached to the top of the X/slide where the QCTP would go ? Dose that QCTP of yours have a hole in the...