Lathe or milling machine accessories question.

[cag]

Hello Fellas,

I'm looking for info or anything helpful to identify the three pieces pictured. They were in a Kennedy machinists' box I purchased.
Thanks

 

[rabidsquirrel]

I'm sure a real machinist will follow up, but 1 looks like a center drill holder for the tail stock, and 3 looks like it goes into 2 and is a tap follower.

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[cvairwerks]

Center drill, Morse taper adapter, spring loaded dead center.

 

[slowtwitch73]

Looks like 3 could go into 1. Pretty beat up.. not much value.

 

[larry_g]

I would give odds that those three tools were used in support of a drill press most of their lives. Yes they could be used in the mill or lathe.

cvairwerks has the correct answer.

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no neat sig line

 

[macgee]

1: Looks like a MT2 tool holder by Greenfield with a countersink cutter for fastener holes held in it and to be used in a lathe tail stock. The label on it is troubling, could mean MT1 but not sure about the 1/64?

2: Looks to be a #MT3 adapter to hold a MT2 tapered tool, Could be a MT2 to MT1; looks trashed.

3: It's used to be put in a drill press chuck (it's a straight shaft) to keep a tap wrench centered and apply even pressure while turning it/threading. It can also be used on a lathe with a drill chuck in a tail stock when threading manually, turning by hand.

1 & 2 wont be too useful nor valuable (pretty much trash) but you could use #3, would be good for your drill press when hand tapping

What you do with #3

 

[Mintgrun]

#1 looks like it was homemade, using the shank from a 1-1/64" drill bit.

 

[macgee]

#1 looks like it was homemade, using the shank from a 1-1/64" drill bit.

Good call!

One good way to repurpose a broken MT drill bit, smart.

 

[slowtwitch73]

The tap follower would work equally well in lathe, mill or dp...assuming it doesn't have a ton of slop.

 

[cag]

Thanks for all the help guys. I have follow up question w/ regard to dead center/ tap follower.
As you can see in my pictures, the screw is turned in as far as it will go, which leaves about 3/16" play between the head of screw and outer sleeve. Is this proper? Is the screw not meant for some adjustment?

 

[lilredex]

I'd say the screw is there to hold it together. It can be pushed up inside the chuck slightly, in use, compressing the spring and exerting pressure on the tap.