I'm new to woodworking and particularly turning. I recently purchased
an old craftsman lathe with a good motor. It is missing the pointed piece
that actually holds the tail end of the wood on the tailstock. I have
checked the sears website and the part or parts that were originally used
for that have been discontinued. I was thinking about having one made at a
local machine shop. I think I need just a circular point welded to a nut
that threads onto the tailstock assembly. Is there a certain angle I
should use for the point? I'm thinking about 60 degrees would be OK.
Better yet is there somewhere else I can get this item or something else I
can use inplace of it?
Thanks
woodslave
Don't know how old your lathe is. My old craftsman lathe was built in the
late 30s and has a #2 Morse taper..
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, woodslave
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I'm new to woodworking and particularly turning. I recently purchased
>>an old craftsman lathe with a good motor. It is missing the pointed piece
>>that actually holds the tail end of the wood on the tailstock. I have
>>checked the sears website and the part or parts that were originally used
>>for that have been discontinued. I was thinking about having one made at a
>>local machine shop. I think I need just a circular point welded to a nut
>>that threads onto the tailstock assembly. Is there a certain angle I
>>should use for the point? I'm thinking about 60 degrees would be OK.
>>Better yet is there somewhere else I can get this item or something else I
>>can use inplace of it?
>
> Unless the lathe is some particularly bizarre design, you should be able
> to
> use pretty nearly any spur center or live center that has the appropriate
> taper to fit into your tailstock -- probably a #1 Morse taper (1MT).
>
> Try posting in rec.crafts.woodturning and you'll probably get a lot more
> response than you will here.
In article <[email protected]>, "Jim Hall" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Don't know how old your lathe is. My old craftsman lathe was built in the
>late 30s and has a #2 Morse taper..
Craftsman lathes from the 70s and 80s generally use #1.
You didn't miss it. I just took your advice.
Thanks
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:48:44 +0000, Doug Miller wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>>On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:15:30 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <[email protected]>, woodslave
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>I'm new to woodworking and particularly turning. I recently purchased
>>>>an old craftsman lathe with a good motor. It is missing the pointed piece
>>>>that actually holds the tail end of the wood on the tailstock. I have
>>>>checked the sears website and the part or parts that were originally used
>>>>for that have been discontinued. I was thinking about having one made at a
>>>>local machine shop. I think I need just a circular point welded to a nut
>>>>that threads onto the tailstock assembly. Is there a certain angle I
>>>>should use for the point? I'm thinking about 60 degrees would be OK.
>>>>Better yet is there somewhere else I can get this item or something else I
>>>>can use inplace of it?
>>>
>>>Unless the lathe is some particularly bizarre design, you should be able to
>>>use pretty nearly any spur center or live center that has the appropriate
>>>taper to fit into your tailstock -- probably a #1 Morse taper (1MT).
>>>
>>>Try posting in rec.crafts.woodturning and you'll probably get a lot more
>>>response than you will here.
>>
>>He did, and got some good answers, Doug...
>>But most of us said the same thing that you did.. ;-]
>
> [Chuckle]
>
> guess I must have missed his post in rcw.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:15:30 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>, woodslave
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>I'm new to woodworking and particularly turning. I recently purchased
>>>an old craftsman lathe with a good motor. It is missing the pointed piece
>>>that actually holds the tail end of the wood on the tailstock. I have
>>>checked the sears website and the part or parts that were originally used
>>>for that have been discontinued. I was thinking about having one made at a
>>>local machine shop. I think I need just a circular point welded to a nut
>>>that threads onto the tailstock assembly. Is there a certain angle I
>>>should use for the point? I'm thinking about 60 degrees would be OK.
>>>Better yet is there somewhere else I can get this item or something else I
>>>can use inplace of it?
>>
>>Unless the lathe is some particularly bizarre design, you should be able to
>>use pretty nearly any spur center or live center that has the appropriate
>>taper to fit into your tailstock -- probably a #1 Morse taper (1MT).
>>
>>Try posting in rec.crafts.woodturning and you'll probably get a lot more
>>response than you will here.
>
>He did, and got some good answers, Doug...
>But most of us said the same thing that you did.. ;-]
[Chuckle]
guess I must have missed his post in rcw.
In article <[email protected]>, woodslave <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm new to woodworking and particularly turning. I recently purchased
>an old craftsman lathe with a good motor. It is missing the pointed piece
>that actually holds the tail end of the wood on the tailstock. I have
>checked the sears website and the part or parts that were originally used
>for that have been discontinued. I was thinking about having one made at a
>local machine shop. I think I need just a circular point welded to a nut
>that threads onto the tailstock assembly. Is there a certain angle I
>should use for the point? I'm thinking about 60 degrees would be OK.
>Better yet is there somewhere else I can get this item or something else I
>can use inplace of it?
Unless the lathe is some particularly bizarre design, you should be able to
use pretty nearly any spur center or live center that has the appropriate
taper to fit into your tailstock -- probably a #1 Morse taper (1MT).
Try posting in rec.crafts.woodturning and you'll probably get a lot more
response than you will here.
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:15:30 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, woodslave <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I'm new to woodworking and particularly turning. I recently purchased
>>an old craftsman lathe with a good motor. It is missing the pointed piece
>>that actually holds the tail end of the wood on the tailstock. I have
>>checked the sears website and the part or parts that were originally used
>>for that have been discontinued. I was thinking about having one made at a
>>local machine shop. I think I need just a circular point welded to a nut
>>that threads onto the tailstock assembly. Is there a certain angle I
>>should use for the point? I'm thinking about 60 degrees would be OK.
>>Better yet is there somewhere else I can get this item or something else I
>>can use inplace of it?
>
>Unless the lathe is some particularly bizarre design, you should be able to
>use pretty nearly any spur center or live center that has the appropriate
>taper to fit into your tailstock -- probably a #1 Morse taper (1MT).
>
>Try posting in rec.crafts.woodturning and you'll probably get a lot more
>response than you will here.
He did, and got some good answers, Doug...
But most of us said the same thing that you did.. ;-]
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
You can get a live center for #2 or #1 morse taper at Pen State
Industries for $20.
http://www.pennstateind.com/store/live-tailstock-centers.html
I bought a cheap live center at Sears over 30 years ago and it still
works perfect. I remember the one sold by Rockwell Delta at the time
cost about 10 to 20 times as much, or some such ridicules price, and
when I got the Sears one in the mail, I was very happy with the quality,
and I was right. Not sure how the Pennstate one will fare, but for the
money, I say go for it, you don't need no stinking $300 live center for
a wood lathe:-) 60 degree would be fine.
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I'm new to woodworking and particularly turning. I recently purchased
>>> an old craftsman lathe with a good motor. It is missing the pointed
>>> piece
>>> that actually holds the tail end of the wood on the tailstock. I have
>>> checked the sears website and the part or parts that were originally
>>> used
>>> for that have been discontinued. I was thinking about having one made
>>> at a
>>> local machine shop. I think I need just a circular point welded to a nut
>>> that threads onto the tailstock assembly. Is there a certain angle I
>>> should use for the point? I'm thinking about 60 degrees would be OK.
>>> Better yet is there somewhere else I can get this item or something
>>> else I
>>> can use inplace of it?
--
Jack
http://jbstein.com