You could cut some shallow grooves in the bottom of the tailstock where it sits on the ways and then drill a hole which intersects them. Attach an air fitting to the other end of the hole. When you want to move the tailstock just pump a bit of air in and instant air bearing. Of course you'll probable want appropriate filters and such to keep the grit out.
Drew Leslie Newell wrote: > A chain block would be excessive. I can move the tailstock by hand but > it is a bit of a shove sometimes and I am lazy. > > I can't see anything wrong with using the saddle. It takes far less > force to move the tailstock than when taking a decent cut. The Z axis > has enough power to move the tailstock even if it is locked down as I > discovered by accident once when I misjudged a move. > > Actually I have been thinking of fitting a catch to lock the tailstock > to the saddle. That way I can easily move the tailstock in both > directions and it would also allow cnc controlled drilling. > > Les > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
