Essentric tail stock insert

pennview · Post by **pennview** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:01 pm

Your photos seem to suggest that the setscrew hits the edge of the recess and that is pushing it out of the tailstock. If that's the case, since the eccentric is aluminum, you likely could mount it in a chuck and use a parting tool to widen that recess sufficiently to allow the set screw to seat without pushing it out of the tailstock.

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:49 pm

[quote="JPG40504"] This 'feature' is not one of ss's best.]
So true.

Holsgo did a tailstock modification where he mated a delta lathe tailstock to the SS. That is what I would like. I could not find the thread.

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:13 pm

I've been looking around the forum. Maybe not Holsgo but here is a photo of what I mean
http://shopsmith.net/forums/showpost.htm?p=85561&postcount=2

I would prefer this type of tailstock. Maybe someday.....

getnby41 · Post by **getnby41** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:35 pm

That is a cool tailstock. I want to try something like that some day.