Subject: [Shop-talk] Lathe tooling

From: Mark Bradakis <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:53:28 -0600

So I am working on putting some shelves in a molded plastic garden shed. 
  The bolts I could find that fit the threaded holes in the walls were 
too long.  No problem, just whip up some spacers.  Found an old piece of 
plastic rod that just happened to have the right size hole already. 
Just need to cut it in half to make two shorter spacers.  No problem, 
I'll just chuck it in the lathe and zip through it with a parting tool.

Long story short - I can not find a parting tool, or any lathe tooling 
for that matter.  I think I know where I last had that sort of stuff, 
including a multi-hundred dollar live center that fit the old LOgan just 
fine.

So, where can one go online to find lathe tooling for home hobbyists? 
It has been many years since I've needed to buy any such stuff.  Any 
recommendations?  I do NOT want Amazon, please.  Grainger?

mjb.

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From: Jeff Scarbrough <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:44:04 -0400

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Seems like I've used MSC in the past for that sort of thing, but it's been
over a decade since I last shopped there.

https://www.mscdirect.com/

-- Jeff

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Seems like I&#39;ve used MSC in the past for that sort of =
thing, but it&#39;s been over a decade since I last shopped there.<div><br>=
</div><div><a href=3D"https://www.mscdirect.com/">https://www.mscdirect.com=
/</a></div><div><br></div><div>-- Jeff</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_q=
uote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, A=
ug 13, 2025 at 12:21=E2=80=AFAM Mark Bradakis &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mark@br=
adakis.com">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(20=
4,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So I am working on putting some shelves in a m=
olded plastic garden shed. <br>
=C2=A0 The bolts I could find that fit the threaded holes in the walls were=
 <br>
too long.=C2=A0 No problem, just whip up some spacers.=C2=A0 Found an old p=
iece of <br>
plastic rod that just happened to have the right size hole already. <br>
Just need to cut it in half to make two shorter spacers.=C2=A0 No problem, =
<br>
I&#39;ll just chuck it in the lathe and zip through it with a parting tool.=
<br>
<br>
Long story short - I can not find a parting tool, or any lathe tooling <br>
for that matter.=C2=A0 I think I know where I last had that sort of stuff, =
<br>
including a multi-hundred dollar live center that fit the old LOgan just <b=
r>
fine.<br>
<br>
So, where can one go online to find lathe tooling for home hobbyists? <br>
It has been many years since I&#39;ve needed to buy any such stuff.=C2=A0 A=
ny <br>
recommendations?=C2=A0 I do NOT want Amazon, please.=C2=A0 Grainger?<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
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