Gary
SE Kansas
OK, not much of a project but I needed a Die Holder to use on the Lathe from time to time. Very easy to make a Die Holder for round Dies, but not so easy for Hex Dies. Here's what I came up with (certain I'm not the first to think of this) : I went to a local Pawn Shop and found a single socket 1 1/16" for .75 cents. Got back to the shop and placed the socket in the 3 Jaw and cut it in half. Next I found a 2.25" John Deere Wrist Pin, cut it to ~3" long and started sizing. VERY hard steel! Center drilled to 1/2" and then used a boring bar to size the opening to the OD of the socket. That's as far as I got today. Tomorrow I will size a 8" rod for the 1/2" center hole and drill/tap a couple of holes to tighten the Die in the Holder.