[TheForge] Lathe dogs?

[Andrew Vida]

Megabucks for lathe dogs?  Just go on ebay and pick up 1 or 2.  For what 
you will be doing that should be plenty.  I have a small one in one of 
my machinist chests, but I don't think the tail is long enough for your 
face plate.

Try these:

http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZlatheQ20dogQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZR40QQ_mdoZ

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> Thanks for the encouragement about lathe dogs, but since I don't weld
> (except in the forge) I'll have to approach this another way.
> 
> As for whether I'll use them - well, at least if I forge them myself I
> have THAT much to show for it, and will not have spent megabucks doing
> it.
> 
> My lathe is 10"x24" - more than adequate for my purposes.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:44 PM, David E. Smucker
> <davesmucker at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Bruce, Of course you can forge them -- but I have always just made them from
>> pipe, square stock and a welder.
>>
>> Just cut off a short length of pipe.  Weld a nut to one side, with a through
>> hole for the set screw and then just weld a length of square stock on the
>> other side to fit into your face plate.  With a few different sizes of scrap
>> pipe you can make up several sizes this way faster than you can heat up the
>> forge.
>>
>> Now comes the real question, will you ever use them.  Lathe dogs always look
>> good in the "machine shop book" but you will find that if you have a good 3
>> jaw and a good 4 jaw chuck you will use these for most things.  If you have
>> a lathe that will accept 5c collets you will also use these a great deal
>> more than than a lathe dog.  I would always but my money in to collets (and
>> the collets set up for your lathe) before I would buy lathe dogs.
>>
>> Good luck with your lathe, how big is it?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:37 PM
>> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: [TheForge] Lathe dogs?
>>
>>> I've just acquired a lathe and expect to need a few bent-tail type
>>> lathe dogs in various sizes.  They look pretty simple to me but get
>>> pretty pricey in even moderate sizes.  I'm thinking of giving a go to
>>> forging them myself, as they look pretty simple.  Has any of you tried
>>> forging lathe dogs?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bruce
>>> NJ
>>>
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