Hello everyone! I'm brand new here with very little experience with lathes, but I just purchased a 1981-ish (I think) 10L.. I just took apart and cleaned the tailstock. Upon putting the tailstock together, I noticed that the zero mark on the tailstock faces down to the cabinet, where I can't see the zero mark. Did South Bend make shims that would help a guy index the zero mark on the tailstock nut face up?
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10L tailstock nut question
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SLK001
Stainless
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- Feb 8, 2015
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Is it clean? Any swarf in the way? Pictures?
They were marked after assembly, so there would be no need for shims. Perhaps you have a "frankenlathe".
You could always remark the zero.
They were marked after assembly, so there would be no need for shims. Perhaps you have a "frankenlathe".
You could always remark the zero.
SLK001, I think you're completely correct in the assumption that I might have some Frankenlathe parts.
I bought the lathe on auction from a local high school. One of the lathes for sale was a scrapped out parts lathe, so I'm quite sure you hit the nail on the head.
It also helps to know that the 0 mark was done after the nut was installed.
Thank you for the reply. That should help me from driving myself nuts!
I bought the lathe on auction from a local high school. One of the lathes for sale was a scrapped out parts lathe, so I'm quite sure you hit the nail on the head.
It also helps to know that the 0 mark was done after the nut was installed.
Thank you for the reply. That should help me from driving myself nuts!
iwananew10K
Diamond
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- Sep 12, 2010
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- moscow,ohio
if you want to make it "clock" to the right position....its easy to figure how thick a shim you need....say its a 16tpi thread...1/16=.0625" so say you need a 1/2 turn to get where you want .0625/2=.03125"
so a shim .03125" thick does the trick.
any given thread is its own micrometer.
so a shim .03125" thick does the trick.
any given thread is its own micrometer.
