I have a PM1236 and the tail stock has 3" of movement, with the DRO scale on the back of the cross slide that is 1.25" and the tool push out eats another 1"+/- I would really like 5 or 6" of useful movement and I would like to accomplish that without increasing the tail stock foot print on the top of my ways which means I would be cantilevering a few inches off the tail stock side of the lathe which isn't an issue for me.My tail stock is too short.....
In what way ???
Thank you! I like that approach and I have the required materials on hand. Another fix it better project for the basement shop.I followed the plans from this youtuber
I had to tweak the design a little as my SB9 is older than the workshop series, but it worked out really well.View attachment 473050View attachment 473054View attachment 473051View attachment 473052View attachment 473053
I like the idea but it would require sacrificing some of the ways real-estate for the larger tail stock foot print.Here's a thread of someone completely overhauling their H10 tail stock. One of the extra things he did was to increase the quill travel. The techniques he used could easily be translated to other size/manufacturer lathes.
I have heard that it isn't the length but how you use it; but, My issue is that I can move it to bump the carriage and it still doesn't have enough length for every thing I need/want to use it for. part of the issue is the DRO scale thickness and part is it is just to short.If you happen to have a tailstock with a locking lever rather than a nut/wrench, it's possible to move the tailstock by hand in and out of position, locking and unlocking quickly while resetting the tailstock quill position. This allows a lot of tailstock travel, say in drilling a deep hole with a long drill. This also allows quick extraction of a tool, as opposed to cranking it back out. I suppose it could be done with a nut/wrench, but way more cumbersome.
I'm pretty sure that was the guy that started the extended SB tailstock trend. I seem to remember him making kits for people to do the upgrade but stopped after a while, then Halligan picked up where he left off with a youtube series and a set of drawings.Here's a thread of someone completely overhauling their H10 tail stock. One of the extra things he did was to increase the quill travel. The techniques he used could easily be translated to other size/manufacturer lathes.
I am looking for Ideas, I have some of my own but I wanted to see A) is this an issue for others and B) if so what solutions did they come up with. I think My end solution will be to build a custom tail stock and if that is the direction I go I will share the journey and likely the drawings.Not understanding the problem here . What is the issue ?