PaulSF
Member
I'm still having some out-of-round issues. As I mentioned previously in another thread, my Turncrafter Pro is slightly out of alignment. I've tried shimming the tailstock a little bit, and that seems to correct the alignment problem when the points of the centers are brought together. Of course, then you have to pull the tailstock back and stick a blank between centers, so maybe the alignment is shifting again?
I am turning between centers now, rather than using a mandrel.
One thing I have noticed is that the live center in the tailstock can wobble. And if I apply a little pressure with my gouge, the blank will move away from me. I don't seem to be able to tighten the live center down. There is some kind of a crank on the tailstock, but it doesn't seem to really do anything.
Also, the OOR-ness seems to be more pronounced at the tailstock end of the blank than at the headstock end, although there's OOR there, too.
Finally, I don't drill my blanks on the lathe (yet). I'm using a drill press, and the drill press seems to drift to the left (takes after its owner :wink. Consequently, the hole in the blank is never dead center throughout. Don't know whether that is a factor or not.
So, since my weekend trip to Florida has been cancelled by snowy weather, I thought I would raise the issue with you folks.
Ideas?
I am turning between centers now, rather than using a mandrel.
One thing I have noticed is that the live center in the tailstock can wobble. And if I apply a little pressure with my gouge, the blank will move away from me. I don't seem to be able to tighten the live center down. There is some kind of a crank on the tailstock, but it doesn't seem to really do anything.
Also, the OOR-ness seems to be more pronounced at the tailstock end of the blank than at the headstock end, although there's OOR there, too.
Finally, I don't drill my blanks on the lathe (yet). I'm using a drill press, and the drill press seems to drift to the left (takes after its owner :wink. Consequently, the hole in the blank is never dead center throughout. Don't know whether that is a factor or not.
So, since my weekend trip to Florida has been cancelled by snowy weather, I thought I would raise the issue with you folks.
Ideas?