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Well a little longer than 3 sec the first time. You have to loosen a nut to remove a SHCS in order to slide the tailstock off the bed. You may choose to leave the SHCS off if you need to remove the tailstock often.
I personally would not leave the SHCS off, it's purpose is a saftey so you don't go sliding the tailstock off the bed by accident when sliding it back. You don't want your tailstock hitting the floor by accident.
Also when you remove the tailstock, take care not to spin the hold down clamp when you set it down or pick it back up. Not a big deal if you do but you have to adjust it to get the handle to set in the position you want when locked up if you care.
My PM1236 has 30.23" carriage travel with the backsplash installed. But that's just a total travel & doesn't necessarily mean total useable. Useable travel depends on what is mounted on your spindle, ie. type of chuck, faceplate, dogplate, etc. As said, American market lathes are sized by swing size & distance between centers.
I personally would not leave the SHCS off, it's purpose is a saftey so you don't go sliding the tailstock off the bed by accident when sliding it back. You don't want your tailstock hitting the floor by accident.
Also when you remove the tailstock, take care not to spin the hold down clamp when you set it down or pick it back up. Not a big deal if you do but you have to adjust it to get the handle to set in the position you want when locked up if you care.
My PM1236 has 30.23" carriage travel with the backsplash installed. But that's just a total travel & doesn't necessarily mean total useable. Useable travel depends on what is mounted on your spindle, ie. type of chuck, faceplate, dogplate, etc. As said, American market lathes are sized by swing size & distance between centers.