But if you have a live centre (who doesn'tMeaning i could take some allthread or a long bolt and actually bolt this thing to the headstock thru the knockout hole? how spiffy! Wish i knew that before!
But the drill chuck should/could be used on the tailstock, never needing a drawbar!Allthread is what I used on mine. Works great. Now if only my drill chuck was made for a draw bar....
To join the thread; A drawbar should be used whenever you are not using the tail stock.I got what you are saying now!I sometimes use a drill chuck in the head stock with a drum sander to knock off the edges off square acrylic blanks. When I do this I always use a drawbar.No question on that point.MT taper collets tighten up with a drawbar, so for them, the drawbar is mandatory.
I just looked at my Beall 2 MT. It has no threads for a drawbar, but the other end allows a live centre to be pushed up against it. I guess that's why some of the posts in this thread had me confused.The buffing wheel and mandrel can come out of the head stock![]()