Turning 101, need help with new lathe

Randy, I use these stubby double angle holders for smaller drills in my lathe:

I'm sure you can find similar in ER type collets if that's what your currently using.

Best, Steve

I suggest that if you're turning 101 you have a nice birthday party for yourself complete with hot chicks and booze, lathes or whatever else you want. Congratulations.

Probably rarely a need to adapt (or even stock ) oddball sizes in the larger drills unless maybe your doing long run work--instead, get yourself a couple of those insert drills that also double as boring bar and then fab or purchase a handful of reducing bushings to suit--as already noted, use a collet system for the smaller stuff.

BTW, happy birthday !!!

Drill chucks are for drill presses. Leave them there.

Buy straight body collet chucks that fit your boring holders, and a selection of ER collets. A couple different size collet chucks can give you a lot of range. Maybe start with ER-16, 20, and 32 sizes. (Don't buy 25's. The 20's and 32's overlap nicely. Don't waste money on teeny tiny. The ER-16's go pretty small with good grip and accuracy.) The chucks don't take up much Z space if you put them into the boring holders so only the nut sticks out. You may need to cut the tails off to avoid interference when the turret indexes with collet chucks sticking out the back. That's nasty and expensive.

For bigger drills that will twist in a collet, consider insert types. A small set of basic sizes, then bore.

KG

Thanks for all the replies.

I use ER16's in my VMC now along with ER32's and TG75, 100, 150's

Randy Thank You, Randy

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