looking for jet tailstock block replace ment
pete langevin
>any machineists out here who can mfg a replacement for the round tailstock block .. i have seen them available on line.. but not recently..
looking for jet tailstock block replace ment
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Re: looking for jet tailstock block replace ment
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Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL
>See Keith Outten, moderator of the Turning Forum on www.sawmillcreek.org. He makes square ones that do not slip like the OEM Round ones.
I think they are about $15 - but don't quote me.
Mark
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Robert Cox
>I just got the bar stock and taps to make some for the Mini.
Give me a few days.
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Carole in VA
>Robert, do the square blocks slide freely? If so, put me down for one!
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Don Henthorn
>Keith doesn't make these available any more. He is just too busy.
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Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio
>I made mine from a 1-7/8" X 2" block of half inch thick aluminum. Filed a quarter inch wide , �" deep rabbet on each side along the 2" length. Drilled and countersunk the center for the OEM bolt & nut. Took all of maybe fifteen minutes to make it. Eliminated the creep completely, and doesn't impede the way the tailstock slides along the ways when loose.
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Re: tailstock block replacement (Correction)
Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio
>Oops! The rabber is a quarter inch wide, but only 1/8" deep.
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pete langevin
>don,
let me know how they come out.. and i'll mail you off a check..
thanks
pete
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Arch
>Pete, I assume you are referring to the Jet Mini.
Since so many of these tailstocks do lock down satisfactorily with the round OEM plate, you might want to be sure that the underside of the ways is clean of casting flash, paint, etc. and the cam and its nut isn't loosening. The tailstock locks ok, it's the ram locking handle that sometimes loosens on mine.
Turn to Safety, Arch
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Ted Calver
>What both Lee Valley and Woodcraft sell as clamp blocks work just fine to replace the round washer Jet mini tail stock clamp. Cost less than $15 US
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Larry in Lima
>If you do this, and they are reasonable, count me in too please if possible? Thx... Larry
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Robert Cox
>I 'spoke' to Keith Outten. He gave me datails of what he did, including threading the hole so the square edges can be locked down tight with the nut and hold the edges in alignment.
My tool maker friend and I will make them next weekend.
Actually, he will make them. I'll just do the scut work....
Re: looking for jet tailstock block replace ment
#13Re: looking for jet tailstock block replace ment
pete langevin
>robert,
just let me know when they are ready . i'll definitely buy one..
pete
