Leaving politics aside, why would you want to cover the tailstock barrel?

Ian P

And now you will have to tell us why you have a wooden tailstock, you're not being tempted to the ………..dark side …….are you? Please say it isn't so!

Phil,

From Pudsey, but now happily dwelling in East Yorkshire, though I have to admit, East is least, but West is best!

Looking at the background of the pictures, the cap is probably placed over the tailstock to prevent the hole being used to store stuff in…

As I look around me it reminds me that only a short time ago I used to build boats and all the tools I needed fitted into a small box which tucked away in the bedroom.

Now I produce some swarf, chippings, filings and coils of metal from drill bits. The rest of my time is taken up ordering tools which I (might) use more than once, rereading plans and worrying (is that hole in the right place?) changing tools, hoovering up and searching for that gismo I know I have…. because I put it away safely…. somewhere???? Most importantly I'm running out of space to put my coffee cup.

I now know why it takes four years plus to produce an engine which doesn't work!!??

Jesse

Ah, so its the hole you are trying to protect. Oddly I think that the tailstock taper being om the lathe axis is in a location that swarf misses, most of it gets thrown out radially.

The bed on my lathe is not overlong but generally I leave the last thing I used in the taper rather than putting it away. Although I'm generally quite tidy I dont see the point of returning everything to its storage position just to get it out again next time.

By having the barrel extended to take your WD40 (ugh!) cap, you are shortening the space/elbow room for operations where the tailstock is not required.

Ian P

> He did say that he had short arms

ROFL!

Neil

Good one Ketan!

My Father in law had 'a Rown Tuit ' cunningly disquised as plate. Funny how Tuits are never square.