Next I removed the compound from my lathe's cross slide, to see how this turret would fit! The cross slide has a round t-slot groove, with a steel boss protruding in the center. The is proving to make this a little complicated! Fortunately, the turret is best located in the center of the cross slide, and that is far enough away from the boss to eliminate any conflict with the internal air ports!
I looked at it closly for several minutes, thinking how an adapter plate can be made to fit between the cross slide and the base of the turret!
The other option is to replace the exsisting base plate with one that is customized to fit on top of my lathe's cross slide! A nice cast iron plate would do the job just fine!
Tonight I'll play around with my CAD program to see what size plate to order!
Does anyone know what the distance from the spindle center to the top of the turret is on a hardinge chucker? I would like to make mine standard, so I can use all the pre-existing tooling instead of having to make my own!
to be continued . . . . .