and two because I didn't want to induce a cold shock yo the parts, I know I'm probably been over cautious but rather that than bugger up the tailstock. Or crack a gear.
My 'flat bed' Myford ML10 and Super7B both have brass setting plates at the rear of their tailstocks.
Could you have accidentally painted over them on yours?
Not 'accurate' but nigh enough for pit work'
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Of course, like Confucius, you could try it the other way and point the laser through the headstock spindle onto the point of a centre in the tailstock.
It would not solve the inherent fragile tailstock but it is worth a go. With a set of clear plastic graticules and prisms, you could check your alignment of your car as an encore.
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