A good fitting port to shoot oil in from a pump gun might levitate that tail stock. I use a lathe at work that just about kicks my butt everytime I have to move the tail stock.
If fully ground, a bit of flaking wouldn't hurt either. Wes On 30 Mar 2009 at 14:43, Drew Rogge wrote: > You could cut some shallow grooves in the bottom of the tailstock > where it sits on the ways and then drill a hole which intersects them. > Attach an air fitting to the other end of the hole. When you want to > move the tailstock just pump a bit of air in and instant air bearing. > Of course you'll probable want appropriate filters and such to keep > the grit out. > > Drew > > Leslie Newell wrote: > > A chain block would be excessive. I can move the tailstock by hand > > but it is a bit of a shove sometimes and I am lazy. > > > > I can't see anything wrong with using the saddle. It takes far less > > force to move the tailstock than when taking a decent cut. The Z > > axis has enough power to move the tailstock even if it is locked > > down as I discovered by accident once when I misjudged a move. > > > > Actually I have been thinking of fitting a catch to lock the > > tailstock to the saddle. That way I can easily move the tailstock in > > both directions and it would also allow cnc controlled drilling. > > > > Les > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- _______________________________________________ Emc-users > mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
