baldie Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Everyone loves a bargain don't they ? This will mean nowt to most on here, apart from the machinists amongst us. British made lathe tooling is still the best, especially the old stuff. A good friend put some luck my way a couple of days ago and let me have a beautiful Pratt Burnerd collet chuck, with the correct D6 backplate and a dozen collets, again, Pratt Burnerd for the same, for next to nowt. Life is sometimes very good, and I am still smiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJR Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Ooh, very nice, short of going to Hardinge it is hard to beat proper British lathe tooling, beware though they can grip very tightly. I only ever use Pratt Burnerd chucks and also have a Crawford Trugrip Collet system in use virtually every day. It is the British take on the 5C with right hand tighten and remarkably accurate, I picked up virtually a complete set of metric and imperial collets plus the chuck for very sensible money. Down side is replacement collets are now upwards of sixty quid each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 You need to get out shooting more Dave lol Very nice though Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I popped it on the lathe Davy, and just decided to have a play by turning down the heads on some cap screws to fit very snugly into the AR15 side chargers. I was expecting 0.0005" leeway, but on 30 screws, winding the DRO back in to zero, not one of them was out at all. I couldn't believe it. They were all EXACTLY the same. Considering I was gripping mass produced cap head bolts, I was amazed at the chucks accuracy. I paid £250 for the lot. Lathes make me moist Gaz…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I still get excited when I buy things for the lathes, even a new boring bar and a box of carbide inserts will make me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I popped it on the lathe Davy, and just decided to have a play by turning down the heads on some cap screws to fit very snugly into the AR15 side chargers. I was expecting 0.0005" leeway, but on 30 screws, winding the DRO back in to zero, not one of them was out at all. I couldn't believe it. They were all EXACTLY the same. Considering I was gripping mass produced cap head bolts, I was amazed at the chucks accuracy. I paid £250 for the lot. Lathes make me moist Gaz. To much info Dave lol But you enjoy I will come for a peak soon Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hmm, some of your machines must make my old Southbend belt drive look a bit sad But on the other hand, I have got a very nice German (can't think of the make ?) vertical miller / driller that gives me a lot of pleasure to use. Gives an enormous feeling of power driving 1.5" drills through 1" plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Pimp Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Got one myself - off Ebay a couple of years ago. The guy wouldn't post it and he lived on the south coast - it was brand new and my £80 was the highest! Cost me more to collect it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 A bargain Dave, well done, certainly useful - envious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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