Tail stock pivot?

[William74080]

So while i was cleaning up some more on the 60 i seen that this tailstock has the ability to pivot... is this a normal feature and whats it even used for??

 

[rakort]

cutting tapers between centers

 

[johnoder]

And less of a "pivot" and more of simple offset

 

[guythatbrews]

Get a beginners book for lathes. This is a good one, and will answer a lot of your questions.

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[William74080]

Get a beginners book for lathes. This is a good one, and will answer a lot of your questions.

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Ok. Thank u very much.

 

[neanderthal mach]

Even better would be this, http://www.opensourcemachinetools.org/archive-manuals/Hercus_TextBook_of_Turning.pdf

 

[hvnlymachining]

My pacemaker lathe had true tailstock pivot when I bought it. created by someone with a rasp........