Rebuilding a tailstock.

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Looks quite tricky to machine the jaws with such an overhang. How do you go about making those jaws?...

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You learn something new every day. Never heard of it....

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Ha Ha . He actually didnt even realize it was anticlockwise.The nut in the quill is part of the quill. I could machine the nut out and make a p bronse...

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Personally I think my mate was crazy to buy the lathe. But here In my neck of the woods lathes are hard to come by. I realize that the best way would...

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Im trying to help my mate fix his 9 inch southbend.This tailstock needs a new leadscrew. The tailstock is ass about face. If you wind it out you are actually...

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Well done Paul.

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Im going to try that . A bit of lead or brass..

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Okay ,we are making progress. The pulley was broken in a few places. The pieces were lost. The last time I brazed was about twenty years ago. I made a...

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Turning the bolt head is in the same magical realm of rotary broaching for me. How can you make flat sides in a workpiece that is turning around. I just...

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You guys dont understand URDU. He said hes hitting the worn spots so that the jaws dont slop about in them slots. A good fix.I am impressed . He also...

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Ive learnt that on forums, all of them ,not just this one ,that it helps to have a very thick skin....

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That thing looks four times heavier than a one meter between centres lathe. That tailstock is massive.

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754 could you please elaborate about free cutting.? I took the tool out and resharpened it and increased the reliefs.

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Peter yes I could have set the boring bar between centers and tried to keep it shorter . Interesting about the two cutters but I would be worried about...

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I dont know .?I hope so.Otherwise Ive wasted a lot of time machining the pulley....

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While doing the keyway it got me thinking. Doing in delrin was easy. I was lazy and just used a 5mm cutter that I had and just dropped and raised the...

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We used this product called https://www.vesconite.com/ for the bushes. The vesconite website has an online calculator to tell you the size to machine...

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This is the belt type we want to use.
Could there be any reason delrin is unsuitable for this application.

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