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| bogstandard:
Very nice indeed W, and such a lot neater than a lot I have seen. Just wait for the mad rush now, all the mini owners will be scrabbling for 1/2" bolts and nyloc nuts. Bogs |
| sbwhart:
That little Lathe will be a really nice Job when you've done with it :clap: :clap: :clap: Nice work W Stew |
| Darren:
Nicely done, I bet the old system was a pain... |Lucky for me mine was done at the factory, but your other mods I will look into.... :thumbup: |
| Stilldrillin:
These little lathes are only as good as you/ we can make `em. ::) That one`s going to be a gem...... :thumbup: David D |
| websterz:
Alrighty then...last mod for this part of the machine (for now anyway). There is no reliable way to adjust the tailstock side-to-side for correcting taper. I don't count tapping and hoping as reliable. Little Machine Shop has a print available on their website: http://littlemachineshop.com/Projects/TailstockAdjuster.php Here is my modified tailstock: I used 8-32 button head capscrews because I had them on hand. For the adjusting nut I took a spare 3/8" Allen (hex) wrench and lobbed an inch off the end of it. I annealed it by heating it red hot with the propane torch and letting it sit on a firebrick to cool while I finished the other bits. Once cool it was easy to drill and tap. I cut the groove with a parting tool. To the left of the adjusting nut you can see where I milled out the slot in the casting a bit and put in a heavy brass shim. That keeps my locking screws from buggering up the base. Pretty simple stuff, took about 2 hours. I also drilled through the side of my locking plate and added an 8-32 setscrew to hold the bolt head in place when I pull the tailstock. |
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