Help with tailstock on lathe I purchased.

[Russell Johnson]

So I'm not sure if I made a good decision here or not. But basically I picked up a Buffalo Brand lathe (WL-6) for $60. However the tailstock is not complete thus why I offered less than the $75 wanted. I'm pretty new to lathes and I don't understand what is missing and I cannot find anything about this on the lathe. I've removed the tailstock screw from the tailstock and re-attached the head that was on the tailstock. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[Leo Van Der Loo]

Russell I can't help you with what you are showing, (bad pictures also), but I would go to the "Old WoodWorking Machines" site, they have a huge amount of info on old machinery, and a bunch of very knowledgeable members that might be able to help you out, at least it is a start :) maybe ;).
HTH :D

http://www.owwm.com/home.aspx

[Jerry Marcantel]

If you have the housing (not shown) and the screw with handle (shown), then you might be missing only the quill......... Jerry (in Tucson)

[Russell Johnson]

I'm pretty sure Jerry is right based on my research. I think the screw might have had the quill attached and it broke off unless anyone has seen a quill that would attach to what is shown. I was researching and found a guy that was building his own "DIY" lathe and his solution here was to machine a 1/2" thread on the end of the screw to attach a Jacobs Chuck. Is there any problems with this possible solution. OWWM does not have anything on this Buffalo Brand and they seem to have very little information the web. Bummer.