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Re: Quick Change Post

James Rice
 

As far as I could find on Google there doesn't seem to be a US seller for that tool post.? I checked some UK sellers and one tool post and 2 holders was priced at $621.00 without VAT and before shipping and customs to the US.? You can buy a ton of AXA blocks and the toolpost to use them for that kind of cash.? I did see that Bison was listed a a maker of that kind of post so a US based Bison distributor might be able to order a set but at what cost?

The only Dickson/Dixon (I've seen it listed both ways) tool post I've ever seen was on a Harrison lathe that the owner had imported from the UK himself.? He was a gunsmith who immigrated to the US when gun ownership got so restricted in the UK.? When I visited him a few years later I noticed it sitting on a shelf and the lathe was fitted with a BXA Aloris clone.? I guess he got tired of looking for holders himself.

James


On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 10:33 AM cwlathes <carvelw@...> wrote:

I am curious as to why the ¡°Dickson¡± type QC toolpost as used with the Myford and Austrian Emco lathes seldom seems to be mentioned ?

I use them on all three lathes ( Atlas included) and it is great to be able to interchange tooling as well as the inherent properties of the toolpost itself . . .

Is it not available in the USA ?

It has proved very popular elsewhere . . .



Regards, Carvel

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On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 6:24 AM Andrei <calciu1@...> wrote:

You are right about the Yuasa piston. It is the only one that i know of that is acceptable. For all other imports just get wedge.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Robert Downs via Groups.Io <wa5cab=[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 1:28:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Quick Change Post

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In most Chinese cases I would agree with you.? But how badly depends upon the size and shape of the piston.? Most of the Chinese made piston-type tool posts have a very small round piston.? The Yuasa, which was I think the first piston type made some 40 odd years ago, has a larger rectangular piston.? I bought one new 38 years ago (when the cost in 2019 Dollars was about three times what the CDCO one costs today) and have never felt that it was inferior to the wedge type.? Fortunately, the holders will fit either type.

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Robert Downs

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrei
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 20:45
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Quick Change Post

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Piston sucks. Get wedge

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Stan Gorodenski <stanlep@...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 9:43:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Quick Change Post

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Kurt,
I looked in CDCO, , but I cannot copy a link to the post
and tool holders because the page I am looking at doesn't have a link to
it. However, it is item #29461 and includes the quick change post and 5
tools holders. It is called
AXA Piston Type Tool Post for Lathe up to 12"
and in the description it specifically says it fits an Atlas 10" and 12"
Stan

On 2/6/2019 1:26 PM, Kurt Sierens wrote:


I would go with an AXA.? I bought mine from CDCO (Bostar) and it has
worked out well.

Kurt S.

*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On
Behalf Of *Stan Gorodenski
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 6, 2019 3:24 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* [atlas-craftsman IO] Quick Change Post

I have the Atlas 10" lathe. I do not know what the center to center is,
but the bed length the carriage rides on is almost 36" from where it
meets the headstock to the end of the bed. In this group it had
previously been determined that it is of vintage 1957 or so.

I would like to replace the rocker tool holder with a quick change tool
holder. Can anyone recommend a good one for this lathe?
Stan
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