Nice finish, Shame about the Taper...
Shown is a little experiment I tried yesterday afternoon on the lathe. After realigning the tailstock the other day and thinking maybe it was a few thou north of centre, I wanted to try centre-drilling something and turn it centred on the tailstock. The result was none too shabby from the centre point of view, but the observant will notice the taper in from the faced end to the the stock of a few thousandths, which leads me to the conclusion that the tool slide isn't running quite parallel to the bed. Now this has been locked off in that one position for a very long time and I've been planning to re-instate the locking pins on the quadrant that allow you to alter the angle of the slide for a while; so I think it's about time I bit the bullet and did just that: then all I've got to do is get the parallel movement set up...more larnin' to do - fun innit?
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