Luke Rickert
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2007
- Location
- OSLO
I am considering the options to repair the wear to the non-adjustable schaublin 102 tailstock. I can scrape it flat and true but that will lower the center line and I don't really want to mess with re-scraping the head stock as well given it is static. We are not talking about a huge amount of wear, maybe 0,02 mm (basically 1 thou for you inch guys) over the bottom of a small tail stock.
The options as I see it now,
-Not worry about it, it works fine for drilling and good enough with the center for most applications and this isn't the machine I am going to use for long parts given it only has 90mm's of travel with the carriage.
-I can mill out the bottom of the tail stock and install either Moglice or thin cast iron with glue or brass screws and scrape it in. This is basically a static part so I don't want anything too slick in there (Trucite) as it won't hold when I try to drill etc.
-Other have suggested making a new ram or re-boring the tail stock but that seems like a terrible idea to me. The ram is super-finished and crazy true, I could never make another without some very special equipment.
Thanks
Luke
The options as I see it now,
-Not worry about it, it works fine for drilling and good enough with the center for most applications and this isn't the machine I am going to use for long parts given it only has 90mm's of travel with the carriage.
-I can mill out the bottom of the tail stock and install either Moglice or thin cast iron with glue or brass screws and scrape it in. This is basically a static part so I don't want anything too slick in there (Trucite) as it won't hold when I try to drill etc.
-Other have suggested making a new ram or re-boring the tail stock but that seems like a terrible idea to me. The ram is super-finished and crazy true, I could never make another without some very special equipment.
Thanks
Luke