Cross slide tool/mounting plate for the Boxford

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raynerd:
Nice work David! Yours certainly looks more heavy duty made out of steel!!
Just curious, what jobs have you come across where you have used it? I needed something to do this boring between centres so I put a little more time in something that I can use for a long time but in reality, I can`t think of many other times I`d use it. Not that that is an issue, it cost me vertually nothing and will hopefully do the job, but it would be nice to think of ideas or potential future uses for mine.

Chris

NickG:
Chris, probably not very common but if you want to cut an arc into metal for say mounting a cylinder of some sort on it. The one that initially sprang to mind was the bit under the smoke box on a loco but not sure wheter you'd have the height. Probably not! Maybe if you're fabricating a cylinder for an engine like your 10v or something.

DavidA:
Chris,

Go to admit I haven't used mine on the lathe yet. Haven't needed to as I have T slots. I initially made it because the top of the cross slide is a (relatively) long way from the centre height. So I wanted to have a solid bed at a more appropriate height. The material was there and so were the big machines to make it on. So I made it in advance of any future need.
But I have used it a few times on the drilling machine to hold awkward shaped bits where I had to use multiple hold - down points and wedges to stop the job moving about.

Yours looks as if it should serve you well when you need it.

Dave.

madjackghengis:
Hi Chris, you've made a decision which should fulfill your need which was less costly than my own, but the only reason such things don't get much use is either the lack of imagination or the addition of machines which do the job. What you have there should serve you well for a long time to come and can be far handier than just the basics, with a vivid imagination. An angle plate and stock to shim up work makes your lathe a vertical mill as well as a horizontal boring mill. Even having finally gotten a full sized vertical mill, I still use my slotted cross slides and wouldn't part with either of them. I don't even use the original cross slide since I put on a slotted one with a hole for an atlas top slide, which I did because it sat lower than the original Logan and gives me more room to work with. :beer: mad jack

Chuck in E. TN:
Anyone done something like this for a Chinese 7x?

Chuck in E. TN

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