Drilling set up on the lathe

[Frank S]

With my mill down I needed to drill the last hole in a fixture I am making Since the hole was already 2/3rds completed I decided to just chuck the parts up in my lathe using the 4 jaw

[NortonDommi]

What? No pedestal drill?

[DIYer]

Thanks Frank S! We've added your Lathe Drilling Setup to our Drilling and Drill Presses category,
as well as to your builder page: Frank S's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Lathe Drilling Setup by Frank S

tags: lathe, drilling

[Frank S]

What? No pedestal drill?

I have a 3/4" floor standing drill press 1 1/2 Hp with an 18x18" table 4" column. Perfectly fine for drilling most things but I never trust those baby drill presses for making fixtures. If I had either the Cleereman layout drill or the Lealand Gifford 6 head drill under power I would use 1 of them, but these small floor standing drills of mine just don't have the rigidity I feel that I need Even using a lathe for this type of work is hardly ideal

[nova_robotics]

I bought a little vise for the cross slide on my lathe. You put your part in the vise then put your spinny tool in the chuck of the lathe. I haven't used it yet. I don't know why I bought it. Honestly, why would I ever need this?

[Frank S]

I bought a little vise for the cross slide on my lathe. You put your part in the vise then put your spinny tool in the chuck of the lathe. I haven't used it yet. I don't know why I bought it. Honestly, why would I ever need this?

If your vice has vertical jaws and will securely and squarely hold the part then there are dozens of reasons why you may want it in the future they just haven't made themselves known to you yet.
I have used tool holders on my tool post as a vice many times this also affords me a limited amount of vertical adjustment as well or clamped a larger part to the tool post itself with a good "C clamp
they are great for finishing out an 80% lower if you don't have a mill or other suitable ridged machine to spin the spinny tool as you called it

[nova_robotics]

If your vice has vertical jaws and will securely and squarely hold the part then there are dozens of reasons why you may want it in the future they just haven't made themselves known to you yet.
I have used tool holders on my tool post as a vice many times this also affords me a limited amount of vertical adjustment as well or clamped a larger part to the tool post itself with a good "C clamp
they are great for finishing out an 80% lower if you don't have a mill or other suitable ridged machine to spin the spinny tool as you called it

It's got up and down. The cross slide on my lathe does the side to side. The compound could do angles or something I don't know. It's actually kinda nice, it has a self centering vise. I thought that was a neat little feature.

I have a halfway decent mill though. I bought this because I have an addiction.

[Frank S]

Hey I'm sure you are aware that tool addiction communally known as TAS is incurable.
I should know I am a charter member of tool acquisition syndrome anonymous. Just tonight I may have inadvertently re acquired my old 25,000 lb Taylor forklift.
And a friend showed up with a very sad looking little cast iron 6x6 band saw that I decided I needed for what ever reason. I guess I wanted it #1 because it was so sad looking tossed in the back of a pickup with stuff that was destined for the scrap yard, or #2 because I really have no use for anther band saw, I already own 6 or 7, but as I said it was sad looking and missing a few parts such as both blade guides. Or #3 just because it was sad looking and I can't stand to see a tool looking sad, since I know which medicine to administer it to make it not feel so sad.
My wife tells everyone that I am a machine whisperer

[old kodger]

Hi Frank,
My wife refers to me as a tool junky, I guess that's the same thing.

[nova_robotics]

It's got up and down. The cross slide on my lathe does the side to side. The compound could do angles or something I don't know. It's actually kinda nice, it has a self centering vise. I thought that was a neat little feature.

Turns out I lied. It's not self centering. Oh well.