Lathe Cross Slide Rebuild | Machining A New Lathe Cross Slide With T-Slots

G'day everyone,

Today I will be replacing the cross slide on my mini lathe. I will be machining a new one from a billet of mild steel using my new mini vertical mill. The objective to replace the slide with a new one that has t-slots, so I will be able to more easily attach tools such as vertical slides and indexers.

This mod is unlike any that I have seen here on youtube, so I hope that you find it useful. T-slots are invaluable for a mill, and being able to have it on a lathe will prove to be useful. This upgrade will allow me to use the lathe in so many different ways in the future.

The cross slide will also increase the rigidity of the mini lathe. I will also be making a new set of T-nuts to go along with this upgrade, and a new stand off for the tool post mounting stud.

This video also lets me show off my new fly cutter that I produced off camera. I elected not to film the making of it, but there are a lot of great videos here on youtube that cover this topic.

Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:32 - Facing The Stock
2:56 - Cutting The T-Slots
5:48 - Cutting The Dovetail
7:19 - Tapping And Drilling Holes
11:10 - Making Some T-Nuts
15:18 - Making A Tool Post Riser Block
17:23 - Assembling And Testing

Lathe: Sieg C3 7x14 mini metal lathe
Mill: Sieg X2.7L vertical milling machine

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