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[randyc]

I get it - I was under the mistaken impression that the live chuck was somehow being used in the gear cutting process.  (You're definitely right about using that big 3-jaw live chuck for small taps, I can hear that brief, tiny squeal and then "tink" very clearly, LOL.)

[toglhot]

Here's a ball turner I made a while back.   The welded up one is a mock up to see how well the design would work.   It worked a treat so I machined one up without resorting to welding bits and pieces together.   I wanted a turner that could be operated from the front or back of the work and one that could be mounted in the tool post.

[toglhot]

And a four facet drill sharpener I also made a while back.   I also made a couple of guides on the bench grinder for the jig to slide along.   As you can see there are quite a few bits in the jig.   Overly complicated but it works well.

[Nikon1975]

This is a silly enhancement, probably made 100 times, but I have not seen it commercially. I put set screws on the side of the hold down of the vise. This make the process of setting the vice very fast, as you can check the orientation of the vise, lose the two holders opposite to the movement, setting the vise straight with the two screws of the hold down that were not make lose and tight everything.

D.
   

   

[aRM]

(10-03-2017, 07:04 PM)toglhot Wrote: Here's a ball turner I made a while back.   The welded up one is a mock up to see how well the design would work.   It worked a treat so I machined one up without resorting to welding bits and pieces together.   I wanted a turner that could be operated from the front or back of the work and one that could be mounted in the tool post.

Hello there
Very nice design. Yours looks like a Metre bed lathe, so we reckon the Ball Turner would indeed cope with fairly strong cuts.
Do U have any drawings which U may be prepared to kindly share.
Would immensely appreciate some assistance as the one we did eventually get to complete either can't cope with our machine or gives us very poor finishing cuts.
Look forward to a positive response
TIA
Kind regards
aRM

[Hopefuldave]

I started putting together a torch cooler for my newly-accidentally-acquired TIG welder (nobody outbid me...), and realised I was going to have trouble making space for Jubilee (worm-drive) hose clamps and would need a lot of 'em, saw the ClampTite wire tool and though "I can make one of those" - it worked out pretty easily, a few holes drilled in some aluminium tube (clearance bore for 8mm all-threadalike) and a pair of slots angle-grindered, I DID have to buy a wingnut, though...

Here it is in all its inglory, alongside the cooler's pressure-pulsation damper (I'm using a diaphragm pump)

   

The business end - a piece of M12 all-threadalike Loctited in the drilled and tapped end of the tube, then the lot spun in a drill against the bench grinder, finally slitted with a 1mm cutting disc in the angle grinder:

   

And... the end result, 0.8mm / 0.032" stainless lockwire on a clear PVC tube over an 8mm (5/16") hose barb,

   

Crude, but very effective and I put it together in 15 minutes - delivery if I'd bought one would have been a few days!

Dave H. (the other one)

[TomG]

I needed a size clamp I didn't have just the other day, so I need to make one too. They are a pretty ingenious device.

Tom

[rleete]

Just a simple one.  As several members pointed out that the arbor I was considering for my grinding wheel was not the best idea, I have repurposed it.  This is simply a centering cone, for when I am doing non-critical stuff.  The cone itself is laminated P.V.C., cut to a 37.5 degree taper.  It gets me within a few thou of an existing hole, which is often good enough.