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EdK (02-24-2014)
(02-23-2014, 07:30 PM)SnailPowered Wrote: Here are some more pictures of the tooling. No idea what the majority of stuff is so I am going through my books to learn...
The little thing with the yellow plastic handle at the bottom of the second picture is a screwdriver. More specifically, a flat blade screwdriver.
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02-24-2014, 06:13 AM
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Seriously - In that second picture I see you have found the other QCTP holders.
To the right of them is a v-centre, which is used to drill a hole through a piece of round stock. It is placed in the tailstock and the drill placed in the (spindle) chuck. You hold the tube in the v whilst extending the tailstock ram toward the headstock.
To the left of the drill chucks is a boring bar holder that replaces the lantern holder (or on your case the QCTP). Personally, I'd make a set of sleeves so that you can use smaller type bars in the number 4 QCTP holder. If you have a number 2 QCTP holder, it will have a v-groove running along the length of the bottom of the tool slot, so you can hold round bars.
I'm sure you have a handle on the rest of the items.
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(02-24-2014, 06:13 AM)Mayhem Wrote: I'm sure you have a handle on the rest of the items.
I didn't know what the boring bar was for but I guess it is for making fairly large holes in something, like bigger than drill bit size. I have one of those and a myriad of cutting tools but I need to figure out what the cutting tools are for. There is also what looks like cutting tool stock that needs ground to be turned into a tool which is awesome. There is one tool holder that looks like it goes on the part of the QCTP that is in the middle of the lathe. Then I have one with what I figure is a turning tool. There is also a knurling attachment for the QCTP which is awesome. I'm hoping my dad will come out this weekend because he knows what this stuff is and that's a lot faster than working my way through the book, although I'm still going to read everything I have. It has been many years since my dad used a lathe as far as I know.
Thanks for all the help in pointing out what things are, yes, I do know what most simple hand tools are
I have been fixing my own vehicles since my first one, a 1978 VW Van. It is the lathe specific tools that I'm not sure what they are. Thank God for books and all the wonderful people that sent them to me!
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