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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

Hi Don, I've gone from I don't have room for a home lathe to being on the verge of buying a new Sherline. For what I envision doing, and that I have more confidence in North American and European

Thanks to all for the information and the encouraging words. As a result, I've joined the Gingery list, and looked up some of the info. I'll also check a few of the places out that I haven't been to

Welcome, Mark! ?I live right down the road, in Sevier county, near Dollywood. Check craigs list and the local gov. auctions. I found a Logan 820 on CL earlier this year 10" x 24" needed lots of work.

Mark, since you have used machine tools in the past I would suggest a lathe larger than a mini.A 9x20 would be the smallest I would consider in your place.I have a 7x12 Cummings and a 10x22 Grizzly. I

Just a note: Building codes specify the MINIMUM acceptable practice. You can always exceed the specification. I've had several discussions with local inspectors over this not being what they expected,

It's impossible to over-emphasize this point. The code is what the inspector says it is. Many people post opinions on code issues on the Internet assuming that whatever they were told in their

Thanks to all for the help in my query. If anyone is interested here's a link to a pic of one of two similar thread protectors I made for my heavily modified Ruger 10/22.