impala59 Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Needing to turn some metal but unable to afford a proper lathe, I converted my old Clarke wood lathe. I already had a 2" three jaw chuck and coupled with a bolted on old X-Y vice and some cheap Chinese cutting tools i found that I could, with care turn stuff. Its a bit cack handed, (almost like a left handed vice?) but nonetheless I have made firing pins now for an old double gun and for my Ithaca 37 (I made a tester for both in brass then turned silver steel. I case hardened then re-tempered as advised in the S x S club elsewhere on PW. I don't believe that I could make micrometer perfect parts, but removing very little metal with each pass seems to work fine and well within the tolerances of the guns. The brass parts I will keep as size guides and also to monitor how I (hopefully) improve with practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) "field expediancy"............ Edited May 17, 2023 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted May 17, 2023 Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 Put another lathe tool of same size in the 'unused' end of the vice and also a packing piece under the ' working tool ' to firm it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted May 17, 2023 Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 Hello, well done, 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impala59 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Diver One said: Put another lathe tool of same size in the 'unused' end of the vice and also a packing piece under the ' working tool ' to firm it up Great advice! Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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