i losr my tool post

[bitshird]

Today I was ready to try and turn a pen but to my surprise my tool post has gone missing no from my big lathe just from my pen lathe. Boy what a bummer, tomorrow my son in law said we will tear the shop apart and try and find it' either that or I'll buy a nothtr one

 

[jttheclockman]

Look carefully you may find other things you have lost over time.

You know you are going to find it in the last place you put it

 

[dogcatcher]

5/8" shaft? go to the hardware store, buy a 5/8" steel rod, should be 1018 steel easy to work with and afoot long 1/4" all thread. Cut one for the shank, drill and tap one end for a piece of 1/4 all thread. Cut one for the cross bar, drill and tap in the middle. Screw a short piece of all thread in the hole on the cross piece, then attach to the shank. The first one I used JB weld to keep it from vibrating a part, but not really necessary, the last one I used CA glue.

 

[PSNCO]

Time to call Rick Herrell.

With my utter lack of organization, the biggest expense to my hobbies is having duplicates or triplicates of tools and equipment needed.

 

[D.Oliver]

Hey Ken. It's been a while. Glad to see you posting again. Hopefully that tool post turns up.

 

[bitshird]

I feel like a completed idiot I can't believe how or where I could have misplaced it' but this stroke really has me messed up, I'm not certain I'm responsible or it disapearing-but I do think I remember seeing it about a year ago but I should be wrong a mind is a terrible thing to loose no pun intended

 

[Fay Prozora]

I've never lost my tool rest or post but have lost my best screw driver and a few other things I needed, but after buying another I find it in the shop vac. LOL! I have lost a small honing stone and I don't have a clue where it is as I say it could be in the shop vac. So every time I empty it, I double check for any tools, drill bits or any other small items that can get sucked up in the shop vac. So you could check there. One time I was making bottle stoppers and lost half of a piece of spectra ply and months later I found it on a stack of newspaper and after moving that, I heard it hit the floor. So I put it on the lathe and turned it into a mini kaleidoscope egg. Turned out great. Good luck. Fay

 

[Dalecamino]

It's those shop Grimlins for sure. Welcome back Ken. Hope you find it.

 

[leaycraft]

WB ken. Think of you every time I pick up my carbide tools. Glad your back in the shop !

 

[kenmic]

Welcome Back Ken

Great to have you back. Couldn't "get her done" without the Woodchuck Pro and Uni. Hope all goes well for you.

 

[Bob Wemm]

Hi Ken, Glad to see you are back in the shop.
Everytime I cannot find something I call SWMBO and it's located almost immediately.
Seems my eyes don't see things that I am looking for.

Bob.

 

[OLDMAN5050]

Ken, I'm so glad to see you well enough to be back in the shop..