Building A Tailstock Die Holder For The Lathe

I’ve been keeping my eye open for a tailstock die holder for a while but one’s never come up a the right price.
When I came across a scrapped gas regulator, I figured it would be a good starting point to build my own.
Clearly not everyone will have one of these lying around, but making something similar from new stock should present few problems.
This film shows the process to make a tailstock die holder for my 7x14 Chinese mini lathe.
I know brass won’t be nearly as durable as steel, but it’ll be more than adequate for the occasional use it’ll see in my home machine shop.
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POST UPLOAD UPDATE:
Thanks for all the comments and feedback :-)
I've read them all, but I’ve not the time to respond individually.
In response to queries about the little bottle I keep my cutting fluid in, they're freely available on eBay and the Chinese shopping sites. Just search for needle dropper bottles. They come in different sizes and are quite inexpensive.
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Shot: HDC-HS700 1920x1080 50P AVCHD
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Mic: C01U

[@videogalore]

I love the reuse of scrap parts - I have many drawers....boxes.....sheds full of scrap parts for just such an occasion!

[@ExSheriffFattyBoySkinnyArms]

This channel is addictive

[@nicmasterdude]

Just found your channel today and started going through your backlog. I love the way you give things a go, and share the lessons you learned along the way! Thanks for taking the time to film, edit, narrate, and upload these videos!

[@johnsullivan395]

Amazing! Great workmanship and ingenuity. Very professional narration and camerawork...puts many TV shows to shame. I'm hooked. Please make some more! :)

[@TheThrustProject]

Great job. That's the spirit of DIY machining: Using the stuff laying around and pop together a fixture or reusing stuff laying around and make awesome tools

[@TomMakeHere]

Very nice video Well edited and slick 5:26 you ran into the golden tool making rule: you need the tool you are building to make the tool you are building :)

[@DudleyToolwright]

Nicely done, beautifully shot and narrated.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

Thanks you so much 👍 🇬🇧

[@aa-kv2pq]

Found your channel by luck or algorithm a couple of weeks ago and either way I'm glad I did, great production quality and interesting products thanks

[@jakobv8]

Very elegant. Nice to see you put old scrap to good use.

[@anthonymarino4260]

what a fun project

[@christopherT3141]

Sean Bean moonlighting as a machinist!

[@johnswilley6764]

Great work! Professional. Excellent use of available materials, and nice adaptable design for possible future needs. Thank you Sir.

[@aceroadholder2185]

Very nicely made. The extra effort in making it does make the finished product look professional.

[@dale193]

Nicely done 🙂

[@mikepearsall3518]

I stumbled on your channel by accident, but I'm glad I did. You are a man of my own heart, I love the precision and attention to detail. I have really enjoyed watching all your videos, look forward to the next one.

[@bhoiiii]

Really enjoying the channel. Thanks for the videos.

[@wv_]

Your video is as well made as your machined parts. My new favourite machining channel alongside This Old Tony

[@MotosAndMachines]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing. Caught me just before I threw my old N2 regulator in the trash.

[@paulbyerlee2529]

Nice job! Great bit of recycling.

[@tattoos1988]

Great video mate I made one a few years ago that delrin idea is fantastic I’ll be upgrading my handle thanks for sharing

[@johnkolman219]

Reusing is a great philosophy, well done!

[@ActiveAtom]

Hi nice dychem tip it can be a mess and quickly. We really like the collar with the set screws equally placed in the circumference. Nice handy tail stock holder and guide build for your dies. Lance & Patrick.

[@jamesriordan3494]

Very tidy !

[@joepie221]

Nice job.

[@theamateurmachineshop2150]

Nice use of existing parts! Very nicely done. 👍

[@NP-rh3dt]

Your vidoes are super well made and entertaining, I'm looking forward to more!

[@DanielWood]

Brilliant video!! I really enjoy your videos. They are really nicely done and it makes me want to go out in the shop and get something done.

[@jamesdepaul3410]

Fantastic job.

[@2lefThumbs]

Very nice design, lots of good info, thanks👍

[@WorksbySolo]

Excellent project idea and very informative narrative. Thanks for sharing your skills.

[@sucreglass]

Very good video as usual, enjoying the reuse spirit as well.

[@rickpalechuk4411]

Thanks for sharing your ideas and tips. Cheers

[@brandontscheschlog]

Very cool build!

[@artstechnology7809]

Great job very professional. Respect for you genius

[@AdamDUrso]

great project and beautifully cut and edited!

[@danielvandertorre7505]

very good job and attention to detail

[@marktwibell9303]

Excellent video and project! Mark

[@ozrc1017]

Great job!!!

[@_P0tat07_]

I love it. You’re videos are so relaxing.

[@davewilliams6172]

Easy to watch aren't they and very instructive too

[@panchovilla1486]

Beautiful work

[@davewilliams6172]

OK so now I want to make another die holder to replace the one I cobbled together a few years ago. Beautifully done there matey, puts mine to shame lol Keep up the good work!

[@DC_DC_DC_DC]

Man you have such a well suiting narrative voice. It's like watching how it's made XD

[@Road38910]

Nice project, good execution.

[@RyanSmith-er8kw]

Great videos and awesome editing style I really like it!

[@sharkrivermachine]

Very nicely done!

[@acalciu]

Nice work!

[@robertoswalt319]

Very nice project

[@chrisstephens6673]

Well presented and practical.👍

[@IBWatchinUrVids]

I've been enjoying your videos. I hope it's worthwhile for you to make more :)

[@schummiehugo]

fantastic helpfull tool !

[@niallsommerville9941]

Nice useful bit of recycling, thanks.

[@user-kr1jh1wi4w]

Cool work 👍

[@loricastro3772]

Great job ... thanks for share!

[@larrybarnes3920]

Nice work.

[@knitt9914]

hey, thanks for the idea it inspired me to made my own since I've made many funny wobble thread. thanks again

[@timothyosborne8539]

Nice Work.

[@Smallathe]

Wonderful project. I want to make one myself.

[@jessemendes9491]

Parabéns ! Perfeito e pratico.

[@buckshot0203]

Nice project

[@Sctronic209]

Very nice love you ideas.

[@elchuco00]

Good stuff!!!

[@JulianMakes]

Amazing love it

[@martybadboy]

I like your videos and that's not something I say often. Keep it up. 👍

[@martybadboy]

It's very interesting to watch quality video at the speed this one is played at. Check out the deflection at 4:14 on the dividing head! That's not easy to see in real time and could explain a lot if problems show up after the operation. BTW, I'm not dissing your work. This is a great learning tool.

[@davewilliams6172]

Yep, it is surprising how much deflection you get on some setups, it is only when you see it on video that you realise just how flexible fixtures can be.

[@drpipe]

It's great to see you progressing and getting an Audience well deserved for a great channel. Great work and use of recycled materials. See you on the next one.

[@no1se706]

excellent, thanks.

[@robertproctor198]

Great job thx

[@red66chevy]

very clever.

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

awesome !!

[@UpVoltageOverclocking]

Man ur mini lathe is so much better then mine... my 3 jaw is terrible and there’s so much runout on the part

[@KohalaIronWorksCase]

I'm trying get an idea for a die holder for my lathe. I like your idea.

[@kramerdesign9443]

I really enjoyed this one - a criminally underrated channel! (Speaking of machinist jacks, it would be great to see your take on making one)

[@EcoMouseChannel]

Use a 1-2-3 Block, as they have at least one threaded hole on every face. Just use a bolt threaded into it. I personally use a 3/8"-16, 2" long Elevator Bolt.

[@kramerdesign9443]

Eco Mouse that’s a great idea!

[@VijayPatil-dd4kd]

Nice I like.

[@davidperry9426]

Really great work can just see that you have made some tailstock improvements from the original mini lathe design would love for you to share Also whats the make of your Quick Change Toolpost Please

[@donsullivan6199]

I need to make something like that but for my drill press.

[@johnsmith-wl8dp]

good

[@bdgackle]

This is awesome work! I found this video from one of your "KZbin shorts" videos where you are using it. It appears you made a very nice plywood wooden box for this tool? If you are ever looking for video ideas, I just wanted to say that something showing how you did that (or something similar) would be interesting.

[@Machinist-wf1iw]

It’s all in the details

[@CrazyPecanSlinkey]

Semi-off-topic-question: What brand/size is your bench vise? And are you happy with it? (I've been trying to find a reasonably-priced one with a fixed base.) Great videos; keep them coming!

[@2bucksforthepaper]

Hi thanks for a cool video. I was wondering where do you get those bottles that you use for Rocol tapping oil?

[@lensman5762]

Interesting stuff. may I ask where u get your HSS CO8 tool bits from please?

[@rodbutler9864]

Great job. I'm a great fan of repurposing. At about the 5:47 mark you used what looked like a s Square insert tool that can be used on the x and y axis at a 45deg angle. if that's so can you direct me to where you got it, I've been lookin for just that.

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

It's one of my favourite tools! It came from an English company called Chesterfield Machine Tools (not to be confused with Chester Machine Tools). I'm not sure if they are still trading. They have an eBay page (but currently nothing for sale) and an Instagram account. The tool uses an SCMT 09T304 insert which naturally overhangs the 10mm square shank so various edges are available for turning, facing and chamfering. I use a sharp insert designed for aluminium, and use it on everything -my mini lathe can only take light cuts regardless of material. Sorry I can't be of more help. Thanks for watching! 👍 🇬🇧

[@LeRaphael2600]

Hello I really like what you do is beautiful but I am very curious about the material you use can you give us a presentation of your machining equipment? and tell me specifically, what brand and model of mini lathe do you use? Thank you PS: Im French, Sorry for poor english, its google translate :D

[@FrancisoDoncona]

Has anyone else come to the point of having so many accessories that I have forgotten what accessories I already have or what they did?

[@bencesarosi7718]

I lack exactly that many :D So many different bells and whistles to buy I can't even recall them all.

[@meocats]

your setup was flexing really bad pushing those tiny drills on the rotary table. Is it the flimy mill or is the rotary table broken somehow?

[@aledafis]

Nice work! Where do you get your tiny cutting fluid bottles from? These would be really handy in my school workshop!

[@davidmcinnes317]

Any small flexible bottle can be used.I make mine from the smallest gorila glue bottles with the needles being re-purposed from printer ink refill kits.Just drill out the cap to fit and epoxy in the needle.I have made plenty of these and keep them everywhere.You can buy something similar on ebay but its cheaper to make them and can be a class project if you can get the supplies.

[@davewilliams6172]

I got mine from Ebay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-100ml-Empty-Plastic-Squeezable-Dropper-Bottles-Eye-Liquid-Dropper-Funnels-/252083677559?var=&hash=item3ab15ba977

[@rampratapamethi75]

Please make a video to bolt maker machine and carbide die how to made carbide die

[@mex700g8]

What size lathe is that

[@NOSLEEPATALL]

A few years ago I had a job for my Leblond that I would have loved to have made something like this for. However, I was using 3/4-10 Dies and the threads had to be 15" long so it was a much uglier system I came up with.

[@robertdinicola9225]

Nice job! Forgive me if its a stupid question but, why not thread with the lathe?

[@EcoMouseChannel]

The amount of time it takes to change out gear sets to match the dials on the face of the machine to get the thread spacing you want, takes way longer than just chucking up a tailstock die holder. This really applies to those of us who have import machines, that don't come internally geared for SAE threads, but metric as a default. There's a small range of SAE threads a metric machine can do internally, but wouldn't you know it, it's never the one you need, or you can't find that gear with the 15 teeth you need to make a 3/8" 16 tpi threaded feature.

[@gafaff]

Hmm. I just single point my threads, then run over them with a die to clean them up, desperately gripping onto the die with a pair of channel-lock pliers, hoping nothing too awful happens.

[@MuzzaNZ]

Is this Sean Bean?

[@idiyerbill1968]

this old Tony killer lol

[@Pushyhog]

make me one, paypal!

[@michaelhudson7861]

Way to use your noggin

[@Alan_AB]

I'm a new convert to your channel. Thanks for the videos. Well done.