Robert ,
Apologies to the group for hijacking this thread , but my direct emails to you come back as undeliverable – any idea why ?
Here is an example –
“The following message to <wa5cab@cs.com> was undeliverable.
The reason for the problem:
5.4.7 - Delivery expired (message too old) 421-'4.7.1 : (DYN:T1) http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/421dynt1.html'”
Kind Regards,
Carvel
From: atlas_craftsman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:atlas_craftsman@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 01 January 2015 07:37 AM
To: atlas_craftsman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [atlas_craftsman] Tool Post for 6x18 Craftsman
Dave,
The correct size for a 6" is the 0XA. I would get a steel-bodied wedge type. The aluminum body tool post might be OK for a few years but the steel body will outlast it. And although I have a piston type tool post (an AXA on my 12"), it is a Yuasa from 1981 and has nearly twice the piston head cross section of the Chinese made ones. And the price difference today from the same vendor isn't that much.
Buy some extra #1 and/or #2 tool holders. It isn't exactly true to say that you can't have too many of them but you can certainly have too few. I currently have a dozen of them (two are oversize ones) and at least 8 of them have cutters in them all of the time. If you have to change cutters in your one holder during a job, you just lost the major advantage of the QC over the lantern type.
Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
And buy one of the bubble type height setting guages, either the two-hand cheaper one or the better but more expensive one hand one.
In a message dated 12/31/2014 11:53:28 AM Central Standard Time, atlas_craftsman@yahoogroups.com writes:
I have a Craftsman 101.07301 that I want to put a quick change tool post on. It currently has the original lantern tool post and I want to put in something that I can set accurately and get a bit more rigidity out of. I don't use the lathe much but it is very handy to have for small parts.
Any suggestions on a model or vendor for the upgrade? I don't want to spend a fortune on it but I also don't want a piece of trash.
Dave
