Thanks John, I was going to add DRO to my lathe, Z and X. Now I will add the tailstock.
Ralph?
A very useful "digital tool" to add onto the quill of the lathe tailstock.
readily available DRO as used on Weiss and Grizzly milling heads.
and reasonably priced.
Photo shows that I also added a bracket and threaded rod to the mill spindle to use a a quill stop.
The stop threaded rod is an old lathe cross slide 10 mm x 1 mm LH thread, the nut is one of my old conning tower nuts.
TS just needs a mounting or a horse shoe bracket made to attach to?the side body of the TS?
You could also use an old pair of DRO vernier and modify to suit, chop off the legs and make a bracket to clamp around th equill.
Excellent for drilling and reaming blind holes to "real" specific depths.
The original TS quill does have depth lines engraved but I find useless.
I will be preparing in a few days a post on my mods to the tailstock angular setting, again the as "original supplied" Real Bull? method IMHO very useless and iffy.
there method when the TS is moved swings in an arc if you are lucky. My method allows for side movement at 90 degrees to the bed.
This will be under #lathe mods.
Hope you find of interest.
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John
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Clausing 8520, Craftsman 12x36 Lathe, 4x12 mini lathe, 14" Delta drill press, 40 watt laser, Consew brushless DC motors and a non working 3D printer
