Here is the next installment, the continued finishing of the tailstock casting; this was delayed a couple of weeks by having to help my carpenter tear off part of my house's roof and do some fairly extensive rot repair, replacing several rafters and sheathing, then covering with plywood; re roofing remains!
1- setting up to mill backside of the base
2- milling the backside
3- setting up to drill the hole for the hold down bolt
4- setting up to slit the quill clamp
5- slitting the quill clamp, first cut
5- complete quill cut
6- setup on drill press to drill and tap for quill clamp
7-finding center of layout with wiggler
8-9-10- drilling and tapping for the binding clamp
11-12-13-14 - setup and drilling of the clampdown bolt hole in the tailstock base
15-16- boss on top of tailstock base showing hole drilled previously through the bottom, showing the back spot facing tool
17-18 showing back spot facing tool and finished boss
This completes the tailstock work other than smoothing up the castings for paint and making the clamp and the quill and screw, etc.