Making a Simple Lathe Dog from Scrap 

The circle of life in the shop - we always have to make something to be able to do something !!! Cheers & thanks for the sub .

Please continue to show minor projects like this.

Well done. Sometimes the simplest projects are the most satisfying, and the ones most often used around the shop!

I set up my machine shop to do stuff not build machine shop tools but in reality that is exactly what one must do. Good work Everett

Thanks for this. I had seen them, but never knew how they are used. This cleared up a lot. And since I don't have one, now I have a good idea of how to make one.

Very educational! Great job

Neat! I love making something useful out of scrap, it just gives a nice feeling of accomplishment. Thanks for posting.

Good job on the lathe dog. I finally found my drive plate so I can go back to using the dogs that came with the lathe.

Way to go Everett, nice to see/hear from you. Keep those projects coming, they are right along my line of needs and wants. cheers!

Everett, you are a very bright and talented craftsman! Thanks for taking the time to share!

Yep... Nothing goes to the trash bin without my approval, got to be on my guard when Philippes shows up here.... lol New technique...??? Tigging and dipping....!!! Don't worry, we all got lots of practice at it... ;)

It may be a simple project but often the steps needed aren't, it's always interesting to how someone else does them. Thanks and I wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoy all of your videos. Please keep'em coming Everett.

Thanks for sharing. There is something satisfying about making your own tooling.

Turning scrap into something useful, that's my style.

Love that you take care of you little buddy.

Need a tool....make a tool! Nice job Everett 👍🏼

I love making tools, great video, love your shop !

Great project Everett....well done. I enjoyed it! Can't wait to see a glimpse of the future Director of the Workshop....(your little guy)!

Hi Everett, nice to be here to see how you make a lathe dog. Nice on the fly build hello baby what is that never had one of those, we like it that is just reality. nice spill proof oil cup. Thank you for the video enjoyed it, just watched you weld we do not do that yet. Nice job thank you. Lance & Patrick.

As someone who always nitpicks my own work, I really enjoyed your on-screen corrections (a la "*tail"). Aside from that, good video!

I never have the ideal drive dog on hand - I really must make one or two more - one day! Love finding a purpose for 'scrap'. I ought to set up my 4-way toolpost for a parting tool - for sure it should be more rigid. The dog came out pretty good. :)

nice job on the lathe dog everett. thats somthing i have to make as well but dont seem to have the time right now with the basement reno going on.thanks everett.

Nice clean work! I currently have zero lathe dogs. I did have to make one a couple of years ago, but I have since cut it up for some other usage.

Nice man, I’ve recently got in to the machining side of things so am a total noob when it comes to metalworking but got myself a lathe and am enjoying the process of learning something new. liking your set up, boss lathe and mill.

Gday Everrett, sometimes the simple videos are the best, I found it interesting simply because I’ve been going to the same thing but just haven’t got around to it, just being lazy I spose but there’s always tomorrow, thanks mate for sharing, Cheers Matty in Australia 🇦🇺

Nice work as always Everett, enjoyed watching.

Just so happened i had to make one today to. And you have to have something that works to get the job done . Although i was still working with the mini lathe.My Griz may finally get hooked up in March. I really need to get so lathe dogs. Real good and timely video. Great as always keep up the awesome work. Watching in Alabama!

Don't sell your self short, great project...

Right on man , Use what ya have , Makes great tools ! ENJOYED ..

Good little project, one thing you can do is drill and tap a series of holes so you can drive the dogs off of them, that or machine a T nut to fit in the slots in the face plate. That is why I made myself a drive dog plate. To get around that problem

Great job nice video. It should be obvious that the dog could be balanced by welding weight to the bolt side of dog. That would only be worthwhile if the dog was going to be used a lot. That is the nice thing about metal you can weld cut weld cut until you're happy.

if you weld onto the other side a similar weighted lump of metal apposing the drive pickup bar you will balance the vibration out, or make thick wall tube to slide on the grip bolt . if you want it perfect sit a bearing inside and the heavy part goes to the bottom add washers to balance it out. i know its possible a waste of time, but its worth while.

Just a thought .... Why don't you move the locking bolt 90 degrees and add a second hook leg to your lathe dog. I think it will help balance your project and get you less vibration... Nicely made ... Thanks for sharing.

Everett, ditch the bolt on the dog and replace it with a set screw before it catches your hand. You might keep an eye out at yard sales for some cast iron weights from a bar-bell set and make a proper dog plate for you lathe so you can use your other large dogs. If the lathe is vibrating... slow it down or add counter weights as others have suggested. If you go to a tail stock dead center you'll have to slow it down anyway so you don't burn the dead center or the work piece.

Now thats my kind of recycling!

Dead center lube can be had from most auto parts stores as "engine assembly lube". CRC "Stalube" extreme pressure anti-seize with moly-graphite blah, blah, blah. It comes in a black toothpaste style tube.

I Like It !!! Simple Project Can Be Fun To Watch , Perhaps I'm Easily Amused !!! The Main Thing Is ( To Me ) Your Making A Tool That You Need !!! Well Done I Will Give You 17.456 Thumbs Up You Appear To Be Very Relaxed , Thats A Good Thing

Thanks so much

Thanks for the video. You may want to think about bolting on some sort of counterbalance to your faceplate on the bolt side to try and reduce the vibration. I have also been toying with the idea of mounting a "back box" to my crosslide and mount a parting tool upside down. Something solid.

Nice project.

I'm a bit late to the project here, but had a thought. If you put a couple nuts on the clamping screw, would that help add some counter balance, thus reducing some of the vibration? Liked the outcome from using scrap parts :)

Thank you for sharing.

Good job, to make it a little better you can add some weight to the lock bolt opposite the dog leg to counter balance against the vibration.

Nice work. Being lazy, I would have opened up at least one of the slots on drive plate to accept the tang on the dogs I already had. A non-destructive and useful modification. Of course, then I'd miss out on the fun of tool making.

Concerning the off centre mass (and consqeuent lathe vibration) you could weld a couple of counter weights opposite the tail, twinned around the bolt?

What type of drill bits do you use to drill through the thick steel? I had to drill a 3/4" hole through a 4" schedule 40 drill pipe. it took me forever and I went through 6 bits drilling 4 holes. The bits stated they were COBALT for hardened steel, but they spun and smoked: low speed, high speed, no speed LOL it was frustrating. Can you please recommend some bits for my application?

To balance the dog just add some lock-nuts to the clamp screw until it runs smooth.

I gota get round to making one of those. Thanks for reminding me. M

Good video.

Good vid. Why didn’t you just grind the tails down on your store bought lathe dogs? I think most are just weak cast, they crack if you get mean on them. Cheers

Awesome. Do you know anything about Bolton lathe are they any good?

I don't know how much difference it makes but your lathe dog only touches your part tangentially? in two small places...would that not increase the chance for the part to slip?

Nice work. Can you add metal to the other side to balance out the tool so it doesn't vibrate? Just wondering if that is why the other tools have the heavier point to one side.

I would have milled a couple of opposing slots out of the faceplate to keep it balanced, then the original dogs will fit.

Simple is fine.

You can tell that the video originates in Canada when the presenter is wearing Watson Gloves.

Great job Everett! That'll come in handy :) I was all about to collect a set of traditional dogs off eBay or wherever when I figured out the first one wasn't going to work and ended up making a separate drive plate instead of using the faceplate. It's small and easy to mount and I just use a stud or bolt for a "carrier pin". I got the idea from Charlie Pace here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xVNJvHp6lwM.html The plate is light and can be small, near the size of work you do and dogs can be made out of flat plate with a slot to engage the carrier pin. Anyway, one other approach if you need more later. On your current dog, maybe you can put some nuts on the bolt end or a hunk of 1" rod with a threaded hole to act as a counterweight against the dog arm. Turning between centers will be most accurate when you have a reasonably balanced setup, for when you really, really need it concentric and a smooth finish :)

Hi there may i ask wath type and brand your lathe is ,i think i got the same but mine is green and by the brand name FERM and there is almost nothing to find over it ,even on the brand 's homepage ,they stopped selling them some years ago. They never produced those themselves and ordered them somewhere in the color they wanted and the logo's they wanted to be on them.Hoping to hear from you greetings Danny

Lube for dead tail stock center... Dutch Boy white lead mixed with machine oil.. Just don't eat it....

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I hope you are paid extra when you bring projects from work