Ok update!:
I put a 1" dia mild steel bar drilled a center hole and moved the bar all the out..(tail stock is at the end of bed) put indicator in my tool post with left hand grabbed back to headstock right hand tail stock and i tried to twist..... could hardly see it move maybe .0005"! ok good
now i turned down the bar to clean it up took a few passes then a few thou pass and measured less then.0005" taper from end to end but of an 8" cut lenght bar ....actually it was prob dead on but this steel is such quality (teary) just because of that i was getting a dead on reading and the .0005" difference.... ...this coincides with the .0005" twist or not!? I did not shim anything! I just bolted those 2..... 1/4"1045 steel plates on the bottom looks like this is an easy mod still portable and fun! I did have the tail stock center still in while while turn down the bar this could have influenced my reading but I doubt it.....no concrete needed!
Lawrence
I put a 1" dia mild steel bar drilled a center hole and moved the bar all the out..(tail stock is at the end of bed) put indicator in my tool post with left hand grabbed back to headstock right hand tail stock and i tried to twist..... could hardly see it move maybe .0005"! ok good
now i turned down the bar to clean it up took a few passes then a few thou pass and measured less then.0005" taper from end to end but of an 8" cut lenght bar ....actually it was prob dead on but this steel is such quality (teary) just because of that i was getting a dead on reading and the .0005" difference.... ...this coincides with the .0005" twist or not!? I did not shim anything! I just bolted those 2..... 1/4"1045 steel plates on the bottom looks like this is an easy mod still portable and fun! I did have the tail stock center still in while while turn down the bar this could have influenced my reading but I doubt it.....no concrete needed!
Lawrence
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