CountryBoy19
Stainless
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2012
- Location
- Bedford, IN
Going for a "90% rebuild" on my LeBlond and the tail-stock is in need of some truing up. The base droops about .009" from one end to the other. Putting an indicator on the quill gives me .018" droop (when adjusted for the length of the tailstock base).
I have no plans/interest (due to cost) of sending the quill out for chrome & grind along with reboring/honing the bore. If anything I would prefer to bore & sleeve the tailstock. But in all reality, I think the bore is acceptable to just leave it go. It's a bit on the loose side but not unworkable. Suggestions on more budget friendly fixes to the quill/bore?
The base definitely needs trued up. If I do all of the realignment of the quill by scraping the base then I have a lot of material to remove and it will actually cause the joint between the halves to be tipped back a bit. This isn't entirely bad because as the front wears down it will tip back down. But it won't be right. To get it "right" I will have to do something with the quill & bore.
My plan was to scrape true and glue a phenolic shim between the halves but I'm now wondering if that's an acceptable plan.
This rescrape/rebuild job will likely last this lathe the rest of it's lifetime, I'm not looking for overkill, just looking for functional fixes that aren't a major sin or travesty when it comes to rebuilding.
I have no plans/interest (due to cost) of sending the quill out for chrome & grind along with reboring/honing the bore. If anything I would prefer to bore & sleeve the tailstock. But in all reality, I think the bore is acceptable to just leave it go. It's a bit on the loose side but not unworkable. Suggestions on more budget friendly fixes to the quill/bore?
The base definitely needs trued up. If I do all of the realignment of the quill by scraping the base then I have a lot of material to remove and it will actually cause the joint between the halves to be tipped back a bit. This isn't entirely bad because as the front wears down it will tip back down. But it won't be right. To get it "right" I will have to do something with the quill & bore.
My plan was to scrape true and glue a phenolic shim between the halves but I'm now wondering if that's an acceptable plan.
This rescrape/rebuild job will likely last this lathe the rest of it's lifetime, I'm not looking for overkill, just looking for functional fixes that aren't a major sin or travesty when it comes to rebuilding.