Well, I've finally bought some decent centers and tried to align them, and this is what I see:
So, side-to-side alignment appears pretty much spot on, but the top-to-bottom alignment is off. Turns out that the tailstock is lower than the headstock.
Is there an easy way to approach this? I'm thinking something like extremely thin UHMW tape under the tailstock. Anyone have any ideas?
It's hard to believe that this is the sole source of OOR problems, I'm sure my mandrel(s) has(ve) contributed to the problem - but I've got some bushings now for between-center turning and I'd like to fix THIS problem before proceeding.
Thanks,
daniel
So, side-to-side alignment appears pretty much spot on, but the top-to-bottom alignment is off. Turns out that the tailstock is lower than the headstock.
Is there an easy way to approach this? I'm thinking something like extremely thin UHMW tape under the tailstock. Anyone have any ideas?
It's hard to believe that this is the sole source of OOR problems, I'm sure my mandrel(s) has(ve) contributed to the problem - but I've got some bushings now for between-center turning and I'd like to fix THIS problem before proceeding.
Thanks,
daniel