Well before the museum's acquisition of the Atlas 12 x 24 lathe, I had bought an unused lathe tailstock, thinking of modifying it for use as a rotary table tailstock. It never made the front of the queue and has sat patiently waiting for a use. The Atlas tailstock is a bit of a pain to use with only a nut securing it o the bed and the Chinese one has a lever clamping arrangement. I would guess that it was for a 10" lathe and a suitable block of steel to get it in line was also laying about. I would have preferred cast iron rather than a block of chrome moly, but beggers can't be choosers. The MT2 quill has the same travel as the Atlas one and is also self extracting, the scale is metric rather than in inches, but that never bothers me. The Atlas bed is the same as a Myford, not as good as a prismatic one, but simpler toi fit things to.

I will post some pictures as things progress

Here's a photo of the tailstock sitting on the part machined block. Today, I got the exact height and did some chamfers around the block. The tailstock will fit much better that the original one, especially close to the spindle.

Edited By old mart on 09/09/2023 16:44:01