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   On 8/19/2024 3:21 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:va02fs$2veo1$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > I suppose a lantern tool post "might" be able to hold a smaller scrap of   
   > HSS, but to really get the most out of your HSS a tangential holder   
   > might be the way to go.   
   >   
   > Bob La Londe   
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   > I have a good selection of Armstrong and similar bit holders, obsolete   
   > 1960s-style tooling that matches my 1965 lathe. It's fine for carbon   
   > steel up through Grade 8 bolt hardness and puttering geezer productivity.   
   >   
   > I've seen only a few tangential holders for sale, for formed threading   
   > bits and priced high. I made one to hold the shank of a broken carbide   
   > drill bit nearly upright to turn the race grooves in a stainless thrust   
   > bearing sized to fit pipe, for a solar array. My hands are still steady   
   > enough to grind a threading bit to closely fit the arrow gauge.   
   >   
   > Today's rainy day project is turning closer fitting spacers and bushings   
   > for the ball bearings in the sawmill blade guide rollers.   
   > jsw   
      
      
   I have freehand ground a lot of things, and I can probably make an   
   adequate threading cutter, but a simple miter gage and slot in a tool   
   rest makes it achievable for nearly anybody.  Even a puttering geezer.   
      
      
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