Am I the only one with a lathe that has a solid tail stock? This makes boring lamp stems a real problem. I have made my own home made thing but I would like to see what others do...
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Fill me in.
... Now that I upgraded to a Robust AB, I cannot do that anymore due to the tailstock hole only being about 1/4".....
You can hollow through the headstock if you can turn your lathe in reverse...
. I made a post for the Banjo that has a hollow shaft with a centre in it that is removable....
AHA! Revelation! I tried drilling thru the hs with a chuck holding and could not get the bit to center very well within the larger hs bore. This solves that at least.However, you can use a hollow dead center -- the stubby type made for using a lamp auger and then use a scroll chuck to hold the wood. There is enough clearance that the dead center will not interfere with the chuck.
Hi Mark, your tail stock is a bit to big for my poor old Delta 12" lathes. Thanks so much for the offer. Maybe there is someone else out there that can use it.Bill, yes I tried very diplomaticaly to get Brent to think about changing the tailstock bore for all the lamp boring people. He was willing to help me with changing back to a #2 MT. All my good lamp boring accessories as well as other centers are #2 and my new used AB had a #3 MT. However, he did not offer to do anything about the ts bore, instead suggesting alternative methods.
AHA! Revelation! I tried drilling thru the hs with a chuck holding and could not get the bit to center very well within the larger hs bore. This solves that at least.
I think I have the same auger, Bill, and I harpen it w/ a small diamond hone only on the flat surfaces. So far so good. Mine cuts very well and expels shavings easily.
My plan is to replace my tailstock quill and screw, and if necessary, the whole ts. I have an inquiry into Powermatic to get the dimensions of their 4224 screw/quill. This would also solve my MT issue. I'm hoping that at least the screw is long enough and that I can then get another #2 MT quill that has not yet been drilled out for the screw from Brent. One way or another I WILL get the tailstock that I want!
Syd, sorry to get back to you about the Grizz ts. The bed gap is 2" and the swing is 16" (8" center to bed). You can have it for the postage which will be quite a bit I would guess.
Mark
I bought a small gun drill. I broke it the first time I used it. It was about 1/4" and 6" long. When I looked which was many years ago I didn't find any at affordable to me prices. That may have changed and the search engines are far better today than they were 5 to 7 years ago when I looked for them.