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Tailstock rebuild...with pics this time!

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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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