coolant ports to feed lathe tooling on Takisawa

rfrink · Jun 11, 2020

On a takisawa TCN-2100 I would like to plumb a coolant line to an Allied Spade drill so I get thru coolant to the tip of the drill.

This machine doesn't have any pipe thread coolant port in the turret, just those swiveling brass ball jets.

The spade drill has a 1/8" NPT port on the back of the shank..I can fit a barbed nipple and hose too...

How or where can I get an adaptor so I can fit a hose to those swivel jet ports?

Or perhaps there's a better way to get coolant thru this drill?

Thoughts?

Thanks!!

BROTHERFRANK · Jun 11, 2020

Takisawa sells a u drill holder or you can make a plug or a plate for your existing ID holders

Rick Finsta · Jun 11, 2020

On some lathes the holes behind those balls are tapped and you can make an adapter.

JonFinn · Jun 11, 2020

QPM Nozzle makes balls with copper pipe. Add compression fittings to adapt to your holder.

Nerdlinger · Jun 11, 2020

I’ve got a TCN-2600 we use coolant thru for an Iscar SumoCham drill. It’s been so long since we set it up though I don’t remember exactly what the connection looks like. I’ll look tomorrow.

mbraddock · Jun 11, 2020

This QPM adapter should work as well. It goes from the ball to 1/8" female NPT. Just get the right sized ball for your machine (12, 14, or 15mm) and two push lock fittings with a piece of flexible hard plastic tubing in between. That has worked well for me in the past, anyway...

Mike

ChipSplitter · Jun 11, 2020

Surely there is a coolant hose coming up to the turret from the pump. Couldn't you just put a tee in there and keep life simple?

(Sorry, just thinking aloud.....)

Dan from Oakland · Jun 11, 2020

the coolant hose way works ok until you index the turret. But if ya put a quick disconnect coupling on it and take it off each time, that certainly works. Not sure how big the coolant balls on your turret are, but some of mine are drilled for 1/8" pipe so I can screw a locline nozzle in them. do the same as someone mentioned above.

rfrink · Jun 12, 2020

Thank you Frank!!! Awesome photos! Thanks for taking the time to share!!

Rob

rfrink · Jun 12, 2020

BROTHERFRANK said:
Takisawa sells a u drill holder or you can make a plug or a plate for your existing ID holders

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Thank you Frank! Great photos! Thank you for taking the time to post them.

Rob

rfrink · Jun 12, 2020

mbraddock said:
This QPM adapter should work as well. It goes from the ball to 1/8" female NPT. Just get the right sized ball for your machine (12, 14, or 15mm) and two push lock fittings with a piece of flexible hard plastic tubing in between. That has worked well for me in the past, anyway...

Mike

Thank you Mike! The links are great! I'm going to try this route.

Nerdlinger · Jun 12, 2020

We've got what Frank suggested. It looks like the holder has a port in it that lines up with the brass port on the turret.

BROTHERFRANK · Jun 13, 2020

Nerdlinger said:
We've got what Frank suggested. It looks like the holder has a port in it that lines up with the brass port on the turret.

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That's the U-drill adapter. Takisawa stocks it typically and available through Yamazen parts dept.

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