Midas Turning Accessories

Lathe Dogs

Used with a face plate, you can mount and turn work between centers. The workpiece is rotated by the lathe dog engaging with the face plate or a drive plate. The lathe dog mounts around the workpiece and engaged into a slot on the face plate or hole in the drive plate. Working between centers ensures that the workpiece is always perfectly centered on two points. The part can be removed and test fit, then replaced on the lathe and finished or modified. For quick jobs, you can turn a mounting point on a piece of metal mounted in the 3-jaw or 4-jaw chuck -- this becomes your headstock center. The lathe dog is then mounted on the work, a support for the tailstock is installed and the leg of the lathe dog is rested against the chuck to provide the turning force. A quick way to get the job done.

Dead Center

Carbide Tipped dead centers are great for setting up work and for use in situations where a live center will not fit. Even though the tip is carbide and will not gall like HSS, carbide must be lubricated during turning operations or it will burn. Heavy grease will do in a pinch for for short runs but, a high-pressure grease, graphite grease, or Anti-seize, either nickel or aluminum based, is strongly recommended. Be careful with the Anti-seize because it will cover everything. Even using the right grease will not guarantee lack of damage to the carbide tip. Proceed carefully.

Carbide Lathe Bit Kits

Turn at higher speeds with these carbide-tipped tool bits. While superior for high heat and high speeds, carbide is more brittle and must have adequate support in your toolpost. 1/2” shank. Includes 1 each AR8, BR8, AL8, BL8 and E8. These tools can be sharpened until there is nothing left of the carbide or shaped as necessary. To help with identification, remember the tool is identified as R (right) or L (left) depending on which side you normally begin making your cut. For example, if you start your cut from the tailstock end of the machine and cut toward the headstock, that cutter is identified as a RIGHT hand tool (R). Because you start on the right (R) and cut toward the left. A LEFT hand tool (L) begins the cut on the headstock side and cuts toward the tailstock. Summary: L's are for left hand and R's are for right hand tools. On a typical lathe setup, right hand tools cut moving toward the chuck and left hand tools cut moving toward the tailstock. A's have a 0° side cutting edge angle. An A tool, set perpendicular to the ways turns a square shoulder. B's have a 15° positive lead angle. Positive lead means the cutting corner trails the remainder of the side edge in the direction of cut. C's are ground straight across the end. Most are used as blanks for grinding a form tool (a particular shaped tool). D's have a centered point with an 80° included angle. E's have a centered point with an 60° included angle. There is a number that identifies the shank size. The number is the shank size in sixteenths. An AR8 tool is a half inch shank tool, (8/16" = 1/2").

Carbide Lathe Bits

Turn at higher speeds with these carbide tipped tool bits. While superior for high heat and high speeds, carbide is more brittle and must have adequate support in your toolpost. 7/16" Shank.

Blank Bits (5% Cobalt)

Create just the bit you need with these blanks. Bits can be shaped and sharpened easily on almost any grinder. The HSS bits work best on aluminum, brass, iron, plastic, and wood. Upgrade to the 5% cobalt bits when more heat is present such as when you are cutting harder materials or want to take deeper cuts.

Blank Bits (5% Cobalt)

Create just the bit you need with these blanks. Bits can be shaped and sharpened easily on almost any grinder. The HSS bits work best on aluminum, brass, iron, plastic, and wood. Upgrade to the 5% cobalt bits when more heat is present such as when you are cutting harder materials or want to take deeper cuts.

Indexable Tool Kit

Create just the bit you need with these blanks. Bits can be shaped and sharpened easily on almost any grinder. The HSS bits work best on aluminum, brass, iron, plastic, and wood. Upgrade to the 5% cobalt bits when more heat is present, such as when you are cutting harder materials or want to take deeper cuts.

Blank Bits (HSS)

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5C Collets

Pull these collets up into your millhead spindle with a drawbar. As the collet pulls up, it tightens around the piece you're mounting. Use with 3/8” drawbar. Item K99-273 Collet Kit includes all listed collets.

MT3 Collets

If you are looking to branch out into more lathe work, this Pack is for you. These tools put close tolerances, turning, threading and cutting within your reach. This pack includes: MT3 Live Center, MT3 x MT3 Extension Socket, 6” Independent Four-Jaw Chuck, 1/2” Cutters - one size of each, Carbide Indexable Boring Bar Kit, 60° Center Gauge, Inch-Screw Pitch Gauge, and a Self-Ejecting Chuck Key. All of these items are also sold separately.

Midas Lathe Pack

With the clamping set and V-blocks, you will be able to anchor and hold almost anything to your mill table. The double-ended mill set and fly tool cutters will have you facing and slotting materials all day long. Milling Pack includes: 52-Piece Clamp Set, V-Block & Clamp Sets, Double End Mill Set (3/8" Shank), Fly-Tool Cutter Kit, and a 1/2" collet in either MT3 (Midas) or R8 (Granite) style.

Milling Pack

When accuracy is critical with round, square, rectangular, or irregular workpieces, use these chucks. The hardened-steel jaws adjust separately to center precisely and are reversible.

K99-095 and K99-100 Include backplates for the Midas 1220/1230 series.

K99-102 and k99-109 feature a D1-4 backplate to fit all Granite machines and other lathes with the D1-4 spindles.