View Full Version : Tailstock, Can Not Make It Solid
dusty
09-15-2009, 11:41 AM
OKAY, maybe it is old age but I was certain that someone had written about having difficulty with an unstable tailstock. I can not find that thread.
Nonetheless, I was out cleaning the shop, after cutting up all my MDF cut offs, and I spotted this. I had not thought about this being a solution to that same problem.
I sometimes do this when I need a real stable extension table. The wedge does not have to be driven in. Just tap it with a rubber hammer. This takes all of the lateral wiggle out of the tail stock.
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affyx
09-15-2009, 11:43 AM
cool idea!
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Great idea Dusty. I never have experienced such a problem, but its good to know this if I ever did.
kd6vpe
09-15-2009, 03:21 PM
Interesting picture there Dusty. Your morse taper eccentric seems to be adjusted to the bottom if I recall mine is near the top?? You are making me thing if I have ever really tried to line-up my centers in lathe mode. Or is yours not set???? HMMMMM!!! Dusty you always do this to me you make me think ouch.. Thank you
dusty
09-15-2009, 03:35 PM
Interesting picture there Dusty. Your morse taper eccentric seems to be adjusted to the bottom if I recall mine is near the top?? You are making me thing if I have ever really tried to line-up my centers in lathe mode. Or is yours not set???? HMMMMM!!! Dusty you always do this to me you make me think ouch.. Thank you
You can relax. Mine most probably is not aligned. I had been experimenting (using) my tail stock for something other than turning. I had it disassembled and this is how it got put back together,
tom_k/mo
09-15-2009, 03:36 PM
Great idea Dusty, thanks for sharing it. I'll have to remember this one. I have noticed the tailstock flexing sometimes when putting a bit of lateral pressure on it in certain turning/drilling operations.
mickyd
09-15-2009, 04:15 PM
The simplest solutions are the greatest!!!! Great idea dusty.
I can see a ShopSmith equivalent special tool #xxxxxxxxx coming out soon. :D
iclark
09-16-2009, 01:11 AM
OKAY, maybe it is old age but I was certain that someone had written about having difficulty with an unstable tailstock. I can not find that thread.
Dusty,
might this be the thread that you remembered?
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthread.htm?t=2686
I join the others in thanking you for pointing out this solution. very nice as long as one is gentle with the mallet. simple and elegant is good.
Ivan