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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: lptools on April 26, 2018, 01:55:25 PM
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Hello, I am trying to figure out what this is used for. Morse Taper shank, (3-1/8" long), The plate is 1-15/16" diameter, and is 1/2" thick. Looks like it is threaded to the taper shank, I don't want to take it apart just yet. Thanks, Lou
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for drilling on a lathe
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Hello, Thanks for the reply. Any idea of how it would be used? Thanks again, Lou
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I've got the same question. Put the morse taper into the tailstock, but then what good is a flat plate?
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Drill but goes in headstock
Attachment goes in tailstock
Hand-held (usually) work piece is pushed onto the rotating drill using the tailstock
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Hello, The plate seems too small to back up anything held by hand, and it sounds like the safety & accuracy level is not there. I managed to get this apart, looks like a #2 Morse Taper Shank x 1/2-20 Male Thread. I am guessing this is for a drill chuck, still can't figure out the plate. Regards, Lou
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It made sense to someone at some point.
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I have used a setup like this to hold a die and handle straight
and square to a shaft to start threads on the shaft when I didn’t
want to single point a thread. Sometimes they don’t want to start
Straight without a guide.
Hope this helps! B. D.
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You won't find a real machine shop doing much drill press work in a lathe, but Atlas / Craftsman lathes were marketed to the home shop DIY crowd. I think I remember seeing this in the Sears catalog metal lathe accessories listed as a "pad center" for drilling. I bet you'll find its just economy mild steel. They also had one with a V-groove across face that in theory lets you drill a hole through center of a shaft.
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Hello, Guys. Thanks for the replies. Time to dig out the old Craftsman catalogs!!!! Regards, Lou