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<blockquote data-quote="Fitch" data-source="post: 398781" data-attributes="member: 19372"><p>A lathe is one of the best big-boy toys for sure! I sure have enjoyed playing with one on a hobby basis for the last 60 years (I started on the 9" South Bend Model A that is still in my shop under my Dad's supervision when I was 8). </p><p> </p><p>Chad is very very good at what he does - IMO as good or better than the best on the planet over all the processes associated with rifle building from muzzle to buttplate. With his lathe he doesn't have a choice, he pretty much has to use the tool holder on that really nice CNC lathe of his - I don't think it even has (or needs) a tail stock. One doesn't want to have their fingers anyplace near one of those things so it has to work with the door that has the bullet proof glass closed. He needed a holder that he could use with the door shut. And he has worked out how to do that with out compromising quality or accuracy in any way. </p><p> </p><p>That said, while it absolutely can be made to work on a manual lathe, I'm not sure that's the best way on a manual lathe. It might be, but I'm not sure of that. I may try it one day just to see how it works. One could use a pusher like mine feeding with the carriage aligned using Chad's alignment procedure, or a Manson Holder (which I think is a good tool, it just cost more than the one I made for a bit of time invested), or the holder that Greg Tannell sells (much like the one Chad made). If one has a muzzle flush coolant system, which I think Chad uses, his approach might be the method of choice.</p><p> </p><p>Fitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fitch, post: 398781, member: 19372"] A lathe is one of the best big-boy toys for sure! I sure have enjoyed playing with one on a hobby basis for the last 60 years (I started on the 9" South Bend Model A that is still in my shop under my Dad's supervision when I was 8). Chad is very very good at what he does - IMO as good or better than the best on the planet over all the processes associated with rifle building from muzzle to buttplate. With his lathe he doesn't have a choice, he pretty much has to use the tool holder on that really nice CNC lathe of his - I don't think it even has (or needs) a tail stock. One doesn't want to have their fingers anyplace near one of those things so it has to work with the door that has the bullet proof glass closed. He needed a holder that he could use with the door shut. And he has worked out how to do that with out compromising quality or accuracy in any way. That said, while it absolutely can be made to work on a manual lathe, I'm not sure that's the best way on a manual lathe. It might be, but I'm not sure of that. I may try it one day just to see how it works. One could use a pusher like mine feeding with the carriage aligned using Chad's alignment procedure, or a Manson Holder (which I think is a good tool, it just cost more than the one I made for a bit of time invested), or the holder that Greg Tannell sells (much like the one Chad made). If one has a muzzle flush coolant system, which I think Chad uses, his approach might be the method of choice. Fitch [/QUOTE]
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