I purchased a G0752 Grizzly metal lathe and have a neurotic newbie question: Should I expect the tailstock lock nut to lock down in the same rotational position no matter where the tailstock is on the bed way?
With the tailstock sitting at the far right end of the bed, I loosen the nut to slide the tailstock left. As I slide it left toward the spindle I have to loosen the nut even more or it binds. It's takes another 1/2 turn to get it to the spindle end.
When drilling plastic I use a lot of quick tightening and loosening of the tailstock so it's a pain to have it tighten at different rotations vs positions.
My old mini-lathe was better. I know the underside of the bed is not precision ground so maybe I just got lucky and I'm spoiled.
Thanks for any feedback!
With the tailstock sitting at the far right end of the bed, I loosen the nut to slide the tailstock left. As I slide it left toward the spindle I have to loosen the nut even more or it binds. It's takes another 1/2 turn to get it to the spindle end.
When drilling plastic I use a lot of quick tightening and loosening of the tailstock so it's a pain to have it tighten at different rotations vs positions.
My old mini-lathe was better. I know the underside of the bed is not precision ground so maybe I just got lucky and I'm spoiled.
Thanks for any feedback!