It's rare you find such a genuine Honest down to earth person as Michele. One of my favorite channels. Roger from OZ

That will help tremendously with parting off. Very well done! Thanks for sharing. Be safe stay well. Ciao

I like that. You got me thinking of where I’m going to find the metal to make one myself. Thanks again! Take Care.

Dear man of rust...You have become my favorite youtube machinist. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent project Michel, I have never considered this, however it brings to light how rarely I do use the compound slide, and how much rigidity I am sacrificing. Nice work, and a nice pile of swarf, cheers !

This is a great channel. I love your projects.

Great job. My wife look at me strangely (least more than usual) when I yelled out “take it to the shaper……no the shaper…..yes yes the shaper.” I think I will do the same. The only time I use the compound is single point threading. Thanks for the inspiration.

Michel, I am happy to see you well and working in the shop. I am going to make one of these tool posts for my 12" Atlas, Thanks.

I have started making one for my Myford S7 and then i will make one for the Colchester MK1.. it's it's great beginners project... thank you for sharing

Excellent best tool post! RIGID RIGID!👍🇬🇧.

Next project is simple... Remove any rock/slop in the tool holder by milling away all but *3 POINTS* from the bottom plane. I did my own version of what you did here and was very surprised that I was still not rigid. I did a test by putting 3 shims under the tool holder out at the edges and spaced roughly 60 degrees apart, tightened down the holder and the reduction in movement was triple what I gained from eliminating the compound.

Loving the shaper work, lot of usefull info. Shapers seem to be a lost art

It's an honour to be on the door Michel! Good work on the solid tool post too. Stefan and Robin will be proud of you.

Great project Michel. Thank you for sharing! Joe

Many obstacles to overcome, but u finally succeeded. Good job, Michel....top..and lookin nice too. Regards from Frankfurt.

I was thinking about you today , while i was using my beloved compound slide ! Cheers Rusty .

Go to see you are looking good and healthy. Thanks for sharing your work with us. Cheers

Lots of metal removal but excellent results. Congrats on a job well done Michel.

Excellent work, and a great outcome.

That slug of metal that Michel used looked really strange to me, like a wedge of cork mounted on a piece of bronze - an interesting rust pattern. Thank you for the video, Michel. I hope you are recovering well.

Thanks for the great video. I had cataract surgery so I've spent the day doing virtual machining. I was surprised to find that I wasn't subscribed, so I fixed that. My two cents on this topic follows the same logic and goals as most solid post videos I've watched. Increased rigidity being the goal. Synonymous with rigidity is minimal overhang and a design that helps counteract cutting forces. For this reason I think a third T - Nut + Screw would be beneficially located at the center line rear of the riser block. Let's face it, the two T-Nuts that you have are not ideally located to counteract the downward force of cutting tools. This tends to lift the rear side of the riser block. If you put a dial gauge on rear of the riser block you can probably measure it on a very heavy parting cut. Wakodahatchee Chris

Hey Michele, nice engineering of the new tool post setup. The real test will be if you can part off without chatter. See you soon.

Yes! Solid toolpost definitely in my box of projects to do. Stefan Gotteswinter and Robin Renzetti were my inspiration. Also I am ditching any quick change or rotating tool holder at the same time. Having acquired a mill, a shaper and a surface grinder will make short work of projects like these. I will be making a square block and add two T-bolts in the base so I will have four in total, which is pretty much required for solid and evenly distributed clamping. Also I will have to try my hand at hand scraping, this would make a great project. Although hand scraping and hardening/ grinding are sort of mutually exclusive. Not decided yet which way I'll go.

Great job. Very nice. Great idea for saving space. 😎

Nicely done Michel. I want to do that for my Logan lathe.

very nice build…enjoyed!

Very nice work Michel. Gary

Thank you for another enjoyable video. I love how turn scraps into useful items. Keep up the GREAT work!

Hello Michel, Good work... I think on the more lightweight machines having a solid tool post is a good idea... I am looking forward to seeing the 4 Jaw Chuck video... Take care. Paul,,

Nice job! Looks great and so much more rigid. All the best! Eddie

Turned out well for a bit of random stock.👍. Love that shaper..will be a while before my tiny shaper will be making chips. Regards Stuart from NE England.

As I'm sending this message to you, it's currently USA 12am Saturday. You are really good, about (explain) what your plan to actually do first. I personally enjoy 😁and watch what you're doing. Yes, that compound feature, gets in a darn location to use the Lathe

Good job as always. We shared this video in our homemade tools forum this week :)

Awesome work. It looks good I'm playing catch up on watching youtube, I haven't really watched anything in weeks

Nice work making use of that stock. I bet the extra ridgity is worth the effort! Definitely on my list!

Fabulous to watch and learn. 👏👏👍😀

Nicely done with what was there on hand! I need to make a similar block for my machine once I can start machining again. My buddy Eldon made one for his lathe and it worked wonders for him too.

Solid work Michel! 👍👍

Bravo! Enjoyed watching.

Thanks alot for this video - I have just aquired a new (larger) lathe and faced just the same problems you've been having. Now I know there is a solution - I'll have to contemplate whether I'm happy with "working around" the issue - with long tool stickouts and the lot - or build a fixed toolpost base like you did. Well done!

Brilliant work there!

Very nice work looks great

G’day Michel. Great work on the tool post modification mate. That was a big old chunk of steel mate. Cheers Rusti 🍻. Aaron. PS: I laughed at the start when you were pulling out all that swarf 😂

As always ; thanks.......Neil

Wow! Great job Rusty 😀! That looks fantastic! Perhaps you could tap the top of that bolt too to accommodate an indicator mount 😊. In any case, that's gonna work great! Cheers!

Nice work!

The lack of seeing the made in Germany clamps was more than compensated by the sight of those beautiful turnups !

I bet a parting tool will work more efficiently now also, excellent Job, seriously!

Great work! You definitely convinced me to build a rigid toolpost for my lathe. Take care!

good job

Great job, I think you need bigger "Turn Ups" on your trousers to catch the swarf (chips). Plenty of meat taken off that bone 😉. Thanks for sharing, and stay safe.

I love how you used a discarded remanent and made a useful tool out of it

nice video,thank you for sharing

Just brilliant Rusti. You’ve given me some ideas now.

Good Job!

What can I say your ingenious. That came out better than expected. I have the same issue with my Logan lathe. This may be a very good solution.

Great video. I especially like the part where you mentioned chuck overhang. New after market chucks on smaller lathes are terrible. I have 3 or 4 videos on this subject and to be honest they are my only videos with negative comments. Apparently I'm not very convincing.

That came out perfectly Rusty - nice work! Also, I am noticing recently that you are putting more time into video editing, this video flew by with the snappy cuts and interesting shots :-) Thanks!

I like that you still retain the flexibilty of turning the tool post. Too many of these conversions force you to remain perpendicular. Let's face it, most people hardly turn a taper so the compound (top slide) can go in the drawer. If you want more clamping force holding that fat block to your cross slide, you could always add 2 more bolts to hold it down. Thanks for showing this, I'll put it on my list. Subbed!

Nicely done, Rusti! You make this viewing fun. Keep on keeping on. Cheers, Dudley

You did good job . If i was doing this i put 4 bolt or tree but good job

Gday, I really like the look of your solid tool post, really turned out well and certainly gained a lot more rigidity, great job, Cheers

Awesome job!

Looks great!

The biggest advantage of the quick change tool holder is not that you can change tools quickly, in my opinion. A really big advantage is that you can easily fine-tune the tool height, as well as use different size tools in the same holder. This means that you don't have to be super precise in making the solid tool post, since you can adjust your tools on the QC tool holder very easily.

That was a damn fine idea, just the ticket !!

Nice one Rusty :)

The things I notice : The sweet music of a sharp file . You must take much better care of your mill files than I do ! ....... and your oil can ! If I remember right, you thought that it may have "given up the ghost" at one time . Does my memory fail me ?

Hi there, new sub here, thanks for sharing your adventures, best wishes from merry old England

18:20 - ahhhhh yeahhhhh. 😎

I want a drink holder on mine.

Nice one Michele! You've inspired me yet again. I've got to ask a question though ! The rivet ? Was it actually a repurposed wood fixing ? As in a nail 🤔🤔🤔

Another triumph.

I like your lathe, I use a Boxford AUD, what make is your machine out of curiosity

I'm sorry that I don't have a sticker to stick onto your cheap door. But I sent you a consolation prize at my friend's personal junkyard in the middle of Southeast Alberta Canada. LOL right in the middle. Feel free to insert an image or two of the Badlands

If you use a thinner parting tool it will be quicker and more exciting...they sometimes snap..hahahaha

Decent video, brother. I try yo recommend you. But meh, my local tribe experiences by wifi

Why does it take either old men or Zhermans to fully appreciate a properly rigid tool? ;)

Vieux tenaille!...................................

Michael I have two pieces of stock on hand I can how make around one per your design. A triangle design like a lot of KZfaqrs do the best of two worlds From Down Under

I'd like to clarify to everyone that in Europe Inox means stainless Steel. Rust and Rustless where French, Spanish....