Totally over the top

[toolman49]

G'Day Fellas,
To get my full monies worth out of the boring head I bought recently, I knocked up a mounting block, collar and handle so that I could use it as a ball turner in the lathe,
my first attempt went better than I expected and with a little refinement to my technique it should be a fairly useful toy (no boring heads were harmed during this project).
Regards,
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[Michael G]

But isn't that a Wohlhaupter?

There's probably a law in some country dealing with sacrilege like that

Michael
(although nice work)

[welder]

Nice ball turner Martin and a really nice boring head

[toolman49]

Hi Michael,
You are correct, I think it is a capital offence in Germany to do that to a Wohlhaupter, fortunately it is a Mizoguchi so I am safe as long as the Japanese engineering police don't find out, I deliberately used a split collar so that no harm comes to the 20mm shank, the block is cast iron and it should wear long before the hardened shank.
Regards,
Martin

[azzrock]

that look great.
a lot of diff ball turners show up on here.
i remember one when i was an apprentice that
instead of using a leaver to move the cutting tool
it had a rotary handle controlling it not unlike a cross feed dial.
aaron