Colchester Student rear tool post adapter

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26 April 2022 at 12:00 #34008
Simon Page 1
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26 April 2022 at 12:00 #595862
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Hi, All, I have a rear tool post for my student but do not have the T slotted adapter plate that allows it to be bolted to the carriage. Can anybody help with either the plate or a work around.

Many thanks.
26 April 2022 at 12:37 #595870
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Make one.

A isometric general layout drawing will be in the manual for the machine. If you join the Colchester lathes io group, there is a dimensioned drawing of a Chipmaster one in the files section.

You know the width of the cross-slide, the spacing and thread of the holes to secure the plate to the cross slide (so you know the counterbore needed in the plate). You know the diameter of the T-bolts from the holes in the toolpost. Use those dimensions and scale any missing dimensions from the manual diagram. Put the toolpost on the cross-slide with a tool in it and work out how thick the plate needs to be to bring it to centre height.

You could fabricate it from cold-rolled plate, bolted together using countersunk screws if you did not want to machine or weld one.
26 April 2022 at 12:52 #595873
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Is there a particular reason to want ti use one? I'd have thought the a Student would be pretty good for parting with a tool in the front holder, especially using an insert-tip tool.
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