Free Metalworking Project Plans: A Toolpost for the Cross-Slide (Lathe)
Material: Steel
Units (mm)
Thor Hansen has several great plans on his website. This particular plan is for a very rigid toolpost that can be made completely on the lathe (not requiring a mill). Thor walks the reader through the process in the PDF document below. Be sure to visit Thor’s site for more great plans.
A_Toolpost_for_Cross-Slide.pdf (234.6 KiB, 2,629 hits)
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Tags: Intermediate, Lathe, Units (mm)
August 27th, 2009 at 11:47 AM
This is a copy of the toolpost presented by LC Mason in his book Using the Small Lathe. It is a good design.