Jonny, seen couple of working examples on bigger lathes.
Lew, I have a MT2/1" adapter and QC block for tool holder. Tried it once and tool post had a tendency to rotate under load. The drill adapter was pretty far from tool post center bolt. I was thinking of aligning the whole thing, but there are pretty many things to align to the axis of the hole: Cross slide, tool post, QC holder (vertical and horizontal), adapter, drill...It's pretty easy to clock them straight, but to have them straight and centered? Need a method here, rather pleased if it does not start by chucking the piece I was turning out of the chuck and then chucking an mandrel the the adapter in the TP is aligned to....
I'm trying to figure out if it would be feasible to make a tail stock with fairly long stroke for drilling. Nothing "ultimate" just good enough.
Pekka