Quill bearings went on my mill/drill replaced them and cleaned and painted the machine moved to 12X36 lathe cleaned and painted it also. I am now working on the 9X20 and have a problem with the tail stock. After seeing a video on the internet on how to align it I checked mine. The video suggested chucking a piece of scrap and turning it to the diameter of the tail stock then use an indicator to compare the two. I found my tailstock to be 0.015" lower than the headstock.! I remove the tailstock turned it over to look at the bottom the find the vee grove to run on the ways did not appear to be machined...
What to do? I bought some .015 shim stock before looking at the bottom should I just shim it and call it a day, any suggestions?
PS
I also saw a few missing teeth on the plastic 80 tooth change gear, I will try MSC for a replacement.
What to do? I bought some .015 shim stock before looking at the bottom should I just shim it and call it a day, any suggestions?
PS
I also saw a few missing teeth on the plastic 80 tooth change gear, I will try MSC for a replacement.