I want to drill my blanks on the lathe

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I assume you will put this in the tailstock?
A better solution would be a collet chuck for the headstock and use the tail stock for the drill chuck. You can get an adapter for your shopsmith drill chuck that will convert it to a 2mt. Its a litle more expensive, but the one you pictured looks small and not enough gripping section.
 
DurocShark said:
Is the SS headstock not threaded?
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BRobbins629 said:
I assume you will put this in the tailstock?
A better solution would be a collet chuck for the headstock and use the tail stock for the drill chuck. You can get an adapter for your shopsmith drill chuck that will convert it to a 2mt. Its a litle more expensive, but the one you pictured looks small and not enough gripping section.
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The headstock just has a shaft that the jacobs chuck attaches to with an allen screw. I do have one of the harbor frieght drill chucks for the tail stock. I just need to find a way to hold the blank.
 
navycop said:
DurocShark said:
Is the SS headstock not threaded?
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BRobbins629 said:
I assume you will put this in the tailstock?
A better solution would be a collet chuck for the headstock and use the tail stock for the drill chuck. You can get an adapter for your shopsmith drill chuck that will convert it to a 2mt. Its a litle more expensive, but the one you pictured looks small and not enough gripping section.
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The headstock just has a shaft that the jacobs chuck attaches to with an allen screw. I do have one of the harbor frieght drill chucks for the tail stock. I just need to find a way to hold the blank.
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I attach my collet chuck to the headstock by threading it onto the headstock threads. Could you somehow make or have made, a male threaded adapter to attach to your headstock spindle the same way your jacobs chuck does? In my mind, there is no better way to hold a blank for drilling than a collet chuck.
 
Texatdurango said:
navycop said:
DurocShark said:
Is the SS headstock not threaded?
Click to expand...

BRobbins629 said:
I assume you will put this in the tailstock?
A better solution would be a collet chuck for the headstock and use the tail stock for the drill chuck. You can get an adapter for your shopsmith drill chuck that will convert it to a 2mt. Its a litle more expensive, but the one you pictured looks small and not enough gripping section.
Click to expand...
The headstock just has a shaft that the jacobs chuck attaches to with an allen screw. I do have one of the harbor frieght drill chucks for the tail stock. I just need to find a way to hold the blank.
Click to expand...

I attach my collet chuck to the headstock by threading it onto the headstock threads. Could you somehow make or have made, a male threaded adapter to attach to your headstock spindle the same way your jacobs chuck does? In my mind, there is no better way to hold a blank for drilling than a collet chuck.
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They make an adapter just for this. Penn State and others sell. It has a 1" x 8 thread for the collet chuck (or other chucks) and a 5/8 hole with set screw for the SS headstock.
 
LanceD said:
This is one of the handiest tools I've bought yet. But it shows that they're out of stock.

http://www.pennstateind.com/store/CSCPENCHK.html
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That looks like it will work along with the adapter. Then I have to mount the drill chuck in the tailstock. I guess the blank will have to spin instead of the drill bit.
PS Let me mention that I did try to drill on the lathe before. I held the blank with pliers and advanced the headstock. This caused to many blowouts.
 
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