Thank you Joe.I found an E-bay unit very much like what you listed a while
back. I am glad to hear that I was on the same track as your modification. YOU
Have come up with one very neat idea using this tail stock. I think it offers a
lot to your machine. Hopefully someone else out there will also make a tail
stock using your methods. It makes a good looking attachment to any machine. I
was very surprised when Legacy stopped making the De-sta-co clamp/MT2 tail
stock that the 1000 ex uses. I mean having the ability to use any normal lathe
stock equipment offers a lot to the Legacy. I guess it all came down to the
Almighty dollar,vs quality?...
Any-how, Good luck on your move. I hope it goes well for you.talk to you more
latter.C.A.G.
On Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:05 AM, 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental
Mills <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote:
hey curt! here's the story on the tailstock...I knew I wanted a
tailstock that had a square-ish design, as this would allow for better mounting
and alignment surfaces...I saw on ebay just about the exact thing that would
work perfectly(it was an atlas/craftsman piece from a 6" metal lathe)...they
are abundantly available on ebay so be careful!, unless you would be happy with
a #1 morse taper...so I bought it, but when I got it, realized that it had a #1
morse taper, which was not in the item description...my fault for assuming it
was a #2 taper...that tailstock sits on my desk as a reminder to always ask for
the details!...anyway, the hunt continued on ebay until I saw a piece that was
very similar to what was needed, and it had a #2 taper...but the key is the
"squared" shape...I removed a section from the rear of the legacy tailstock
cross piece to allow for the length of the new tailstock, laid out some holes
on the top of the legacy cross piece, drilled and tapped into the side of the
recently purchased tailstock to match the hole location on the cross piece...I
did need a bit of a shim to get the new tailstock to line up with the headstock
vertically...horizontal line up was taken care of by the careful layout of the
four holes on top...and basically, that was it...I did weld a piece of metal to
strengthen the area on the back side of the cross piece, but that was really
just a precaution and that I am a bit anal when I do these mods...and to
clarify, the tailstock I bought was cast iron, not aluminum...there currently
is a tailstock on ebay being sold that appears would work well for this mod...I
have included the link in this
posthttps://www.ebay.com/itm/Wood-Lathe-MT2-Live-Center-Tailstock-Reitstock-Morse-Taper-2-For-Router-4th-Axis/272687887346?epid=915980454&hash=item3f7d76f3f2:g:zC0AAOSwi7RZKAGs
a $100+/- investment, but worth the investment, in my opinion...anyway, we are
very pleased with ours, as it now allows us to put all kinds of attachments
into the tailstock, not just live centers...all comments welcome...joe biunno
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