Shop Fox D4088 Lathe Attachment for Drill Press

As a beginner wood turner, this is perfectly capable of letting me create some basic turnings. It took some adjustment to work with my drill press, but I got it working pretty quickly.Excellent way to add some lathing capability to a your drill press.Great attachment, sturdy, expect to make modifications (shorten tool rest, screws too long or short). . Order chisels, because you'll want to try it right away ! Makes mountains of sawdust. Glad I purchased. Its been fun trying new things. I was even able to make pencil holders for my friends art class. It was fast and easy with this amazing tool. I recommend this to all men

I bought this almost 3 years ago thinking I'd use it to make some custom "Wizard Wands" for my family. Due to some life events, I didn't get around to trying it out until a few weeks ago.The kit wasn't missing any pieces or parts, but It does not go together well. once assembled, it doesn't secure properly to the drill press table without shims, and the tool rest itself is simply not sturdy. I had issues with the length of the bolts and bolt heads preventing it from being tightened down and then flexing even after it's all cinched down. It is also very fussy to get centered, but I was able to get that part to work. I tried to use this setup to smooth down a piece of knobby cedar and the tool rest/bar flexed under any sort of pressure. I could see this thing bending or breaking and sending your hand and tool into a spinning chunk of wood to break fingers and mangle a hand.Just no. This is thing is dangerous. Save up for a mini-lathe and save yourself a trip to the ER.I'm pretty disappointed to see that I paid nearly $40 for this wonderful opportunity to injure myself. I guess I'll use the steel parts for something else, but I would NOT recommend using this thing as-is.

I bought this to make some small wood spacers for an electric lamp project. It works OK. One important limit for me was the size of the drill press. Using the cheapest Harbor Freight model($50 on sale) I could only turn 5 1/2" blanks. Had to cut the tool rest down so that it didn't hit the upper housing on the drill press. Also had to put a spacer on the table surface so that the allen screw didn't protrude below the mount. Could have achieved the same thing by drilling a hole in the table surface.On a puny 1/2 HP drill press it is important to find the true center of the blank. I was trying to give a link for a center finding square.Oshlun MTM-CS 12-Inch Combination Square Set Posted picture instead.

The media could not be loaded. So far I LOVE it!!! I was kind of skeptical about it when I took it out of the shipping package, the box was open, and had a couple of grease marks on it, but everything seemed to be there as described. I set it up the very same day and was very impressed by how easy it was to assemble and mount it to my drill press!!! I have just a standard variable speed Ryobi drill press, and it’s the perfect size for what I need it for!!! Thanks Amazon!!! You ROCK!!! If I could give 10 stars I would!!! Important update!!! The bearing on the bottom spindle, doesn’t seem to last very long, I had one burn up after just one successful cutting, then it locked up and fell apart. I emailed the manufacturer directly, and no questions asked, they sent me a whole brand new unit!! They need to change the cheap ball bearing, to a sealed roller/needle types that will allow faster speeds and durability, because you have to put pressure on the piece of wood that you are turning, or it’ll slip out. But other than that it’s a great concept!!

This did not work at all for me. The product is fine, but my drill press wasn’t up to it. It is a good solid product however. If you have a serious drillpress (better than my 100$ Ryobi) I am confident you will be satisfied.

Just arrived tonight. I gave it a whirl on my craftsman drill press. Pretty easy to set up. A few reviews mentioned weird lengths screws. This is true, but a quick work around is just to put an extra washer (provided) plus one more (not provided) under the screw that attaches to the arm.