Well well, the roller box is very similar to my homemade box tool, but of course much nicer. Both accomplish the same thing. No rollers in my box tool though. I just use brass bushings that fit the stock material which is mostly 5/16" or 1/4" in dia. Still nothing on a capstan lathe. Is this a type of lathe that is installed on a sailing ship capstan???? Jesse the curious one in Troy Tennessee > It's one of these: > > http://www.tangi-flow.com/rollerboxes.php > > Alan > On 24/09/2012 01:02, AC Messer wrote: >> I am familiar with a capstan lathe but I too am iterested as to what is a >> "roller box". >> >> Al Messer >> > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.