Hello kinda new to this and need some advice .
I turned a piece of bar stock and noticed a taper from one end to another . I also tried turning a barrel and found the same . I didn't want to just start moving the tail stock with out some way of checking it so I made one of the jigs found on youtube.
I didn't have a plunge indicator so I rigged something up till tomorrow. The way I have it it shows about .002 off to the side which seems right because my bar stock had .004 taper from one end...
Help With Lining Up A Lathe Tail Stock
I turned a piece of bar stock and noticed a taper from one end to another . I also tried turning a barrel and found the same . I didn't want to just start moving the tail stock with out some way of checking it so I made one of the jigs found on youtube.
I didn't have a plunge indicator so I rigged something up till tomorrow. The way I have it it shows about .002 off to the side which seems right because my bar stock had .004 taper from one end...
Help With Lining Up A Lathe Tail Stock