Quick Assembly Mini Work Steady:-

Slender spindles tend to flex away from the cutting pressure of a turning tool. This can make it difficult to cut cleanly without some form of restraint to hold the work in a consistently turning circle. One way of steadying the work is by curling the fingers and palm of the forward hand around it. Another is by using the mechanical "Steady". Most steadies for wood turning are supplied with three adjustable arms tipped with ball bearing assemblies - the idea being that these are an advance over a solid bearing surface. - Not so! Ball bearings must have internal clearance which results in their being able to float slightly in relationship with the surface they are steadying. The work is free to chatter against  the cutting action of the tool. ("Old fashioned" steadies were made from a 'V' block of hardwood behind the work and always worked well for their users. The

The HDB "Mini-Steady" overcomes both of these drawbacks and costs far less to purchase. The attachment simply clamps to the tool rest wherever and whenever needed. Solid polished jaws bear on the upper and lower back of the work at 120° to each other. They are set positively and simultaneously against the work by a single clamp action and totally eliminate chatter. Moving the steady is simply a matter of slackening the jaw clamp, moving the tool rest (to which the steady is attached) and re-clamping the jaw plate. The whole sequence takes no more than a few seconds.

The HDB Mini Steady

Fitting the HSB Mini Steady

Supplementary Jaws 6-20mm

Drillchuck:-

Jobbers Drills, Spade Bits, Sawtooth and Forstner Bits can all be used for various woodturning operations when held securely in the thailstock quill by a No.2 Morse taper Drillchuck. This ½" (12mm) capacity keyed chuck will accomodate all the above drill types and is an ideal general purpose drillchuck for the HDB200XL.(Comes complete with 2MT Morse Taper)

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HDB-DC

 ½" Keyed Drill Chuck - Including No.2 MT Morse Taper

Long Hole Boring Accessories:-

Long Hole Boring Auger:-

Of the traditional shell auger pattern this auger is 5/16" x 30" usable length and fitted with a hardwood handle. Using a hollow tail centre in the tailstock to support the work, it is fed through the tailstock spindle and into the work using a steady feed pressure, The auger must be removed regularly to clear the shavings. Hand forged in Sheffield

Hollow Tail Centre:-

Long Hole Boring Auger

Hollow Tail Centre

The removable point

The auger is fed through
 (Timber removed for clarity)

1" Ø Counterbore Drive Centre:-

A tool whose use is often not understood. A 5/16" hole is bored halfway through the length of the work using a long hole boring auger, the work reversed and the boring completed. The 5/16" Ø peg nose centres in the first (half length) hole to act as a conventional drive centre, then as a counterbore bit to drill a 1" Ø mortise for lamp stem joints. The join of the joint is usuallydisguised with a bead or flute in the design of the lamp stem.

The Counter bore Drive in the tail-
stock ready  for the joint counterbore

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HDB-LHB

5/16" Lamp Standard Shell Auger - 30" long

LH322

Live Revolving Hollow Tail Centre with Centrefinder - 2MT

MD002/426

1" Counterbore Drive Centre

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