Any Minilathe capstan plans out there?

[RainbowsParticipant @rainbows]

For a fun if mostly useless tool project I was thinking of making up a turret for the classic 7×14 minlathe.

Rigid, slides on the bed, auto advancing type rather than the popular tailstock mounted flying saucer.

Before going off to reinvent the wheel could anyone point me in the direction of any pre exsiting plans? The ratchet style advancing mechanism in particular sounds fiddly and would burn through a few prototypes on the 3d printer before working I think

Downriver Tool used to sell some for various lathes but unfortunately the site is down and having tried to contact the owner I think he might be gone for good.

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Myford made a bed mounted capstan, 6 station  self indexing. along with a cut off slide and lever operated collet chuck. This set up turned the S7 into a production machine. I have one. Bit big for what your looking for but it might give you some ideas. Good Luck. Noel.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Downriver tools just hosted the capstan stuffand they have shut down, try the contact details below for Robert.

 

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

there are turret plans in the ME archive somewhere I have seen a copy in the recent past.

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