Tailstock drilling lever attachment

[Steve BowerParticipant @stevebower42241]

Has anyone used/views on the RDG Tools tailstock drilling lever attachment for Myford lathes as on eBay? It seems significantly cheaper than the Myford one (when available). My main thought that since the lever gubbins was on the ‘work’ side of the tailstock, that it might lack in rigidity, but it’s not working very hard?

[Steve BowerParticipant @stevebower42241]

[Robert ButlerParticipant @robertbutler92161]

Steve i have a genuine Myford lever feed tailstock attachment see my advertisement in the classified. It is for an ML7 not Super 7.Robert Butler

[Mike CrossfieldParticipant @mikecrossfield92481]

Steve

I was put off buying one of these by the high prices, so I made one. Interesting little project. I don’t use it a lot, but when I need to drill very small holes, e.g. for clockmaking, the extra “feel” is invaluable. It only takes a few seconds to pop it into place, so much more convenient than swapping over to the standard Myford lever feed device (which I also have). I’ve never felt that lack of rigidity was an issue.

Mike

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