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| Stilldrillin:
John, I`ve shortened all the sleeves for my MT2 tailstock....... With only 1.5" of ram travel, lopping over 1/2" off the end made a big difference. I cut off with the angle grinder, then tidied the cut end in the lathe. David D |
| bogstandard:
Nice one David, Proved to John (and everyone else) that it can be done and it works. John |
| John Hill:
I did my drill arbor, nicked it around with the grinder then sawed it off. :ddb: I am still trying to figure how to hold it in the lathe to tidy the end. |
| bogstandard:
Put a chuck on the drill arbor, then a bit of bar in the drill chuck, and hold the bar in your lathe chuck. Then maybe support the end you want to machine with your fixed steady. A little flimsy, but it should let you get the job done. Bogs |
| John Hill:
Thats exactly what I did John but the fixed steady, which I had never used before, needed a bit of 'initialisation' first! But I got all the grub screws in place eventually and it went quite well. I think I will just counterbore the others, if my drill bits are up to the task, this first arbor was certainly soft enough inside to be drilled out. |
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