Yesterday's project was the tailstock on the Microlux 7x14. I added an adjuster, following the instructions in Ted Hansen's book. It works well. I also changed the clamp bolt to a 1/4-28 which tightens from the top, and added a pair of setscrews to the outboard end. It definitely makes adjustments a lot easier.
Yesterday's project was the tailstock on the Microlux 7x14. I added an adjuster, following the instructions in Ted Hansen's book. It works well. I also changed the clamp bolt to a 1/4-28 which tightens from the top, and added a pair of setscrews to the outboard end. It definitely makes adjustments a lot easier.
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I haven't solved the problem of my Sieg/MicroLux lathe trying to cut tapers all the time. I think there are a bunch of different variables with the tailstock barrel, and the different centers I'm using in the tailstock. So it's a long way from"set it and forget it". But with the new tailstock adjuster setup I can make adjustments as I work. I was turning the OD for a new cross slide leadscrew yesterday and I wanted that OD to be 'similar'??along the length. Using the micrometer and those tailstock adjusters, I could get it 'dialed in' while doing the roughing cuts. So that's a big improvement.
If you haven't checked her out before, BlondiHacks? has a video on removing taper from a lathe. Aside from addressing the tailstock, twist in the bed can cause taper. (I'm just starting lathing. That is all from the video.)
Twisting in the bed is more of a problem with heavier lathes than the 7x lathes, because they¡¯re normally levelled and bolted down to the floor. They can get a twist if out of level
If a 7x has a twisted bed, the fix is to replace it, pretty much, because that¡¯s a bad casting, since they just sit on the bench.?
her lathe is a larger one and has the same kind of ¡®push-pull¡¯ tailstock adjustment that one of Ted Hansen¡¯s add-ons does. Someone just posted their tailstock after doing that. She also has a useful video on making tapers in the lathe (specifically an MT2 taper designed to fit in her tailstock.) that touches on re-aligning the tailstock?
If you haven't checked her out before, BlondiHacks? has a video on removing taper from a lathe. Aside from addressing the tailstock, twist in the bed can cause taper. (I'm just starting lathing. That is all from the video.)
