Spring loaded tailstock centre

[joe d]

Will be doing some turning of irregularly shaped objects in the 4 jaw soon, so decided to build a spring-loaded centre
so I can use a wiggler to centre the workpieces a bit more accurately than the old Mk I eyeball..

All straightforward turning and drilling, nothing too special here.

The bits:

Assembled:

At home in the tail-stock of the Taig (Peatol) lathe

Best part of this one was that all the material including the spring were on-hand already!

Cheers, Joe

 

[Philjoe5]

Nice work Joe. It's a handy tool to have, thanks for sharing

Cheers,
Phil

 

[deverett]

You can also use it to start taps off when tapping in the lathe (provided there is a centre hole in the tap).

Dave
The Emerald Isle