So talking about this indexing toolpost thing and convenience that it offers,
here is my Tsugami turret lathe, copy of a Hardinge HC lathe.
I find myself using it as a general purpose lathe, pretty much for small work
on anything that does not need a tailstock. I have it tooled up, so 90% of the
time, I don't have to swap out any tooling. One nice thing, I can put small
boring bars (Like Micro 100 carbide bars) in the drill chuck, because it can
move from other than being centered. Even though I have 5 other lathes
I just can't bring myself to sell this one, because it is so handy.
---Doozer
Edit note: Notice there are two ECL dovetail toolholders with a height
adjustment feature. These make it so nice to center the tools, instead
of jiggle jacking around with the fixed height ones.
here is my Tsugami turret lathe, copy of a Hardinge HC lathe.
I find myself using it as a general purpose lathe, pretty much for small work
on anything that does not need a tailstock. I have it tooled up, so 90% of the
time, I don't have to swap out any tooling. One nice thing, I can put small
boring bars (Like Micro 100 carbide bars) in the drill chuck, because it can
move from other than being centered. Even though I have 5 other lathes
I just can't bring myself to sell this one, because it is so handy.
---Doozer
Edit note: Notice there are two ECL dovetail toolholders with a height
adjustment feature. These make it so nice to center the tools, instead
of jiggle jacking around with the fixed height ones.
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