TorontoBuilder
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I've been slow on restoring my chipmaster, since I'm waiting for warmer weather so much of the stripping can be done outdoors. That hasn't prevented me from thinking about where this lathe will go when I bring it home.
Very likely it will end up pushed to the very back of a one car garage. Basically, I'll have one of the smallest metal shops in Canada. Which got me thinking of how to add functionality to such a small space, and naturally I started thinking of all the types of lathe accessories that could be used but my memory is not what it once was. I can think of milling, grinding, and slotting attachments. Then I recalled seeing a tailstock mounted die filer about a month ago while browsing my old issues of Live steam (Oct 1977) so that lead me to google lathe mounted die filers, and low and behold both Harold Hall and Edgar Westbury designed lathe mounted versions. Westbury's is the best I've seen and allows for the mounting of saw blades as well. Perfect for pairing with a British lathe I think. The question is can I modify it for my lathe? With current exchange rates it's less expensive than the MLA-18 filing machine from Andy Lofquist at Metal Lathe Accessories, and than either die filer kit from Martin Models.
So what else can I mount on a lathe?
Pretty much even with shipping.
Very likely it will end up pushed to the very back of a one car garage. Basically, I'll have one of the smallest metal shops in Canada. Which got me thinking of how to add functionality to such a small space, and naturally I started thinking of all the types of lathe accessories that could be used but my memory is not what it once was. I can think of milling, grinding, and slotting attachments. Then I recalled seeing a tailstock mounted die filer about a month ago while browsing my old issues of Live steam (Oct 1977) so that lead me to google lathe mounted die filers, and low and behold both Harold Hall and Edgar Westbury designed lathe mounted versions. Westbury's is the best I've seen and allows for the mounting of saw blades as well. Perfect for pairing with a British lathe I think. The question is can I modify it for my lathe? With current exchange rates it's less expensive than the MLA-18 filing machine from Andy Lofquist at Metal Lathe Accessories, and than either die filer kit from Martin Models.
So what else can I mount on a lathe?
Pretty much even with shipping.