??? Thanks , that's a pretty interesting way to handle that .
I've bee eyeing one of the long top slide castings from MLA that
lets ya have a rear tool post .
thanks
animal
On 4/1/24 5:08 AM, comstock_friend
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Mike Allen asked for more info on the rear mounted tool post seen
on my SB 9". This came to me with the lathe. It's an added
dovetail to the cross slide. Held by four smallish cap screws it's
not the world most rigid set up. In fact, I've yet to use it!
These are frequently speced as useful for an inverted cutoff
blade, but I have been parting from the front forever and usually
don't have a problem. (I don't part off 4" diameter slugs!)?
Right now it works well as a flat spot for the cutting fluid!
Now don't ask what the three tapped holes down the middle of my
half nut lever are for, I don't know! (Someone suggested they were
for mounting parts for an 'automatic' disengagement mechanism.)
John
