wortmanb
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I just put two 60 degree centers in my lathe and discovered, as I brought to points close, that my tail stock is a hair low. Is this easily fixable?
If your tailstock is a type that can be split somewhere between the quil and the surface that rides along the bed, then a very thin piece of shimstock would do the trick. ( Like a metal lathe TS ) If however your TS can't be split then trying to shim it between the bed and the TS would quickly become a pain as the shims would come loose each time you moved the TS.
I guess it all depends on how thick your 'hair' is :biggrin:
If the 1mm worries you then first you need to determine where the problem is. Just because the tip of the tailstock centre is below the tip of the headstock centre doesn't necessarily mean that the TS is at fault.
Are the headstock and the tailstock parallel? They should be made parallel before attempting hieght adjustment.
If you find that it really is the TS, then I'd be very interested to hear how folks manage to keep the shims in place.
Good luck. :wink: