2mt to 1inch 8tpi or m33 3.5 dead center in the uk?

Hiya Im just wondering if anyone has seen something like this Live Tailstock Chuck Adapter: 1 in. x 8tpi - #2MT Shaft at Penn State Industries in the uk for sale but not a live center, I nead it dead.

The reason why is at some point to save space not getting a metal lathe I want to use my wood lathe for machining small parts like bushings caps and other small stuff for projects.

The dead center for the tailstock would come in handy for mounting a metal turning chuck to the tailstock to hold flat bar for drilling with a jacobs chuck in the headstock ( for holes not central on the bar for example making chisels to mount carbide cutters on the end. ( yes I have heard of a pillar drill ? ) but the one I have is a joke, bogs down drilling 4mm wickes mild steel flat bar with a good bit and oil, its not accurate and it rattles like an asthmatic pit pony.

A live centre one would still work you just need to stop it from moving, but have you thought about something like this, you can get bigger ones to suit, I would be tempted to make something yourself if you don't find an off the shelf solution.

Peter

http://www.lathecity.com/Tools/ToolsDocuments/WoodLatheMT2-1-8TPI.pdf
I take it this is what you are looking for Mark

Well Mark you are venturous indeed. So many metal lathe tools can be adapted to use on the wood lathe but you can run out of accuracy compared with the bedding etc of a metal lathe. If you have a through hole in your tail stock it would remove any uncertainty by using a locking threaded rod to anything you put in your tailstock. Unless you use the thread on the headstock the same applies. Then which metal you choose to make with determines the rest of the machining.

Will follow with interest as you progress.

Peter.

I wanted to know a similar thing recently

Have you looked at hese companies? I'll leave you to google them
RDG
Chronos
Tracey Tools
Arceurotrade

Themackay said:

http://www.lathecity.com/Tools/ToolsDocuments/WoodLatheMT2-1-8TPI.pdf
I take it this is what you are looking for Mark

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Yes thats perfect and i have learned something else aswel, it says thread added for a drawbar and i wondered what that was needed for.. then the penny dropped to stop the morse taper coming loose with any vibration.

I will see if i can drill and tap a hole in my morse taper jacobs chuck to save me having to hammer it into the tailstock with a rubber mallet when boring with forstner bits lol

I suppose i can use the jacobs chuck to hold bar or square bar if thin enough to fit in pincers sideways but that is if real desperate! , I will be buying a metal lathe chuck this side of christmas anyway so this adapter should be perfect just for holding bar, then the chuck mounted on the headstock thread and jacobs in tailstock for normal use.

Penpal said:

Well Mark you are venturous indeed. So many metal lathe tools can be adapted to use on the wood lathe but you can run out of accuracy compared with the bedding etc of a metal lathe. If you have a through hole in your tail stock it would remove any uncertainty by using a locking threaded rod to anything you put in your tailstock. Unless you use the thread on the headstock the same applies. Then which metal you choose to make with determines the rest of the machining.

Will follow with interest as you progress.

Peter.

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Thanks Peter, its an axminster awvsl1624 i think, the cheapest one i could get from axminster with a swivellimg headstock and electronic variable speed so the accuracy should be good enough for what I need it for, it has a hollow tail and headstock so now ive learned about drawbars i will be making a couple. The metals ill be using will be copper brass aluminium to mild steel with the rare occasion of 01 tool steel for carbide tools but nothing too thick, it is a wood lathe also so im not doing anything that requires lubricants pumped onto it, dust near moving parts is bad enough ;)

Phil Dart said:

I wanted to know a similar thing recently

Have you looked at hese companies? I'll leave you to google them
RDG
Chronos
Tracey Tools
Arceurotrade

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Phil you are King!! ;)

Ive just found a much cheaper option for my use at only £40 odd, much cheaper than buying an engineering chuck backplate and the 2mt to 1" 8tpi arbor, an engineering chuck already fitted to an mt2 arbor which is easyly wide enough to hold the diameters or thickness of metals ill want to put on my woodlathe..

NEW!- 50MM 3 JAW CHUCK ON A 2MT

Ive also been looking at other stuff through curiosity like morse taper collets and with a drawbar it is nice to know that i could fit one on the headstock end and have upto a 1/2 inch mandrel for projects, at under £7 each unless i can find them elsewhere cheaper that is not bad.

I know that cheapness is not always the best way to go but there will not be serious pain put on the chuck, widest drill bit will probably only be 6-8mm