Noticed over the weekend that this inherited SIP lathe seems to have a tiny bit of play in the tail stock. It's an 01492 for reference.
Seemed to show up when drilling blanks using the chuck and a brand new jacobs drill chuck on a MT1 in the tail stock. I didn't round off the blanks though.
Hard to describe but with the 7mm drill in, holding the chuck you can wiggle the whole thing about a millimetre or so.
Span up the lathe and offered up the drill at which point the "spike" created a 2-3 mm dia circle implying it wasn't properly centered.
Is it me doing something dumb or do I possibly have a problem with the tail stock ?
It's a long time back to my apprenticeship but I'm pretty sure I did what I was taught in metal turning and drilling with the tail stock.
Thoughts anyone ?
Seemed to show up when drilling blanks using the chuck and a brand new jacobs drill chuck on a MT1 in the tail stock. I didn't round off the blanks though.
Hard to describe but with the 7mm drill in, holding the chuck you can wiggle the whole thing about a millimetre or so.
Span up the lathe and offered up the drill at which point the "spike" created a 2-3 mm dia circle implying it wasn't properly centered.
Is it me doing something dumb or do I possibly have a problem with the tail stock ?
It's a long time back to my apprenticeship but I'm pretty sure I did what I was taught in metal turning and drilling with the tail stock.
Thoughts anyone ?