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Tailstock ram must also be level. You'll find a lot of tailstock bases worn on the front end from heavy handed operators shoving them around. You might have to shim it level and then you should shim

.0002" taper sounds pretty good on a 55 year old machine. What are you trying to test because your setup has at least 5 variables?

Assuming the twist is out of the bed here's an easy one to set the tailstock. Say the diameter of the? quill in the tailstock is 1.4985 inches. Turn a short piece of metal in the chuck to that

THANKS!!? that was the Best I've seem!!? Figures!!? It'd take a meticulous girlto show us how to get it done!!? lol

Thank you Rogan!? That was very helpful in making me understand that I had a brain cramp.? I should of know better.? My tailstock center alignment was way off and really skewed my numbers. I redid

For aligning a lathe, I use the process Blondihacks describes: https://youtu.be/H0MwCyWeP7I?si=xxxzUihtQkf_h402 yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

For sure deflection is a problem in the middle so I discarded the numbers that I felt would have been affected.? But the number I stated included everything but the actual middle. In retrospect if I

I'm not a lathe expert or a real machinist, but I'd guess your deviation is in the middle of the cut & likelyfrom the shaft/work piece flexing. (can't read your measurements on my pc)? ?the guys in

Having problems with zeroes! Worst is 0.0002" per inch.? Missed a zero there too!? Its late.............? LOL! -- 1969 16" x 6' South Bend Lathe Garage full of old Mopars........

Ooops.? Over 17" max deviation is 0.0013"? Missed a zero......... -- 1969 16" x 6' South Bend Lathe Garage full of old Mopars........

I rebuilt my 1969 16" x 6' lathe some years ago with help from Ted!? Thank you Ted!? I bought it from work around 1990 - they had bought it new in 1969.? But it was not in great shape.? Ted

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Hello, I bought this 13" lathe from a recently widowed lady to spare her trying to sell it while not knowing anything about it. I've done a few repairs and have it up and running. Details on the

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yep

Andrei, as you can see the red display is mounted over my control box. my lathe is a 11" Rockwell and runs off a VFD to give me 220v 3 phz. the tachulator is not like a?Arduino at all. you can't

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i'm gonna go and take a pic of the readout , let me know if you see how the install works

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