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Corection: Third gear set should read 80 any 65.

I am going to make one or more of those thread puzzles with the captive nut. I chose 1/2" x 13 tpi because I have several nuts, and a tap available. Just watching "High Plains Drifter for the

GadgetBuilder, Thanks for the links to your site. I am grateful to be a member of such a good group of people with similar interest to mine. It is through this interaction with one another that ideas

Hi group! ? The plans for an offset lathe center are here.? http://www.vintageprojects.com/machine-shop/offset-taper-turning.html There are lots of other neat plans there too. When I got my Logan,

Remember to keep that point lubed when in use; remember also that when turning tapers between centers, the center pockets in the work are not aligned with the centers in the spindles. Grease is better

The work is running at an angle to the spindle when using the offset tailstock method of taper turning. This angle causes the points to mate poorly with the sockets created by a center drill. Rather

Mike Thanks for the pointers. After getting the idea from Mert earlier, I already have one started. I am going to try O1 for the point though. Thanks Larry

Mert, I do the same thing except the ?MT#3 on the boring head fits my 10x22 tail stock. I originally bought it for my mini-mill.Rarely use it on the mill but every so often on the lathe.I ?turned

Larry ,you can use a boring head to offset a center. Replace the boring bar with a 3/8" round stock and a 60° point The point acts as a dead center and should be lubricated. There is at least one

I aligned the tail stock of my 12x36 lathe with a coaxial indicator. After that, I was no longer unintentionally turning tapers. I thought of using a dial indicator, but never did. Donald

There's an absolutely beautiful Craftsman/Atlas 10 X 24 on ebay right now, but it's at the upper end of my limit (and then you have to buy tooling) and it's too far away, but it's what I'd like to

It is straightforward to modify the tailstock so it is easier to align plus it remains as set. See: http://www.gadgetbuilder.com/MiniMods.html#Tailstock_Adjuster LMS has plans for a similar scheme.

On my 7xs, I have a boring head, mounted on a #2MT. Set with the slide horizontal, and with a center where the boring bar normally goes, it can be offset with the micrometer screw. The rudimentary TS

Dick "offset able tail stock center" I guess I've never seen one. Do you have any pictures or better yet, any drawings. Sounds like an interesting attachment Thanks Larry Central Texas

The tail stock adjustment system is poorly designed and I would prefer that I would not be addressing tail stock alignment from time to time. There may be a better method to deal with the poor design

Hi Dick, Given your "old toolmaker" handle, you have probably already thought of this, but it might be as well to do the check with the ram both extended and retracted, to make sure it is true with

Thanks! Now I just have to get the lathe tuned up.

Hi Dick: Your method will work, but I think it's more reliable to insert a dead-center and sweep the outside of the hardened point. It's easier to see any offset visually, and easier to sweep.

Can you explain what you would gain from pinning the tailstock castings together?

I am thinking of aligning the tail stock on my lathe using a dial indicator held in the headstock chuck and sweeping the inside of the tail stock barrel to get a zero zero reading. I also would then