Chance Raser
12-30-2019, 12:23 PM
I have a General 26020 and the quill in the tailstock is pretty worn out. I really only have a useable 1.5 to maybe 2 of throw out of the total 3.5. The design is also such that unless i use an 2MT - 2MT extender, the entire body of the tailstock is really close to the work. Its sloppy and the quill needs to be tightened down to use it which means i cant drill holes via Jacobs chuck because everything moves around too much.
So all of this added up has me looking at different tailstocks, well really only 1 so far, the tailstock from the grizzly G0694. A few issues/questions with this, 1) the entire assembly from grizzly will cost me $460, 2) I am not confident that a 20 lathe from General will line up perfectly with a 20 lathe from another brand, 3) are all ways the same? Can I simply put a different tailstock on and it will work?
I havent been able to track down a price for a complete tailstock from a powermatic 3520, or the Rikon 70-450. Any others i should look into?
Have you ever used a different brand of tailstock on a lathe?
I know i could have a new quill machined and that would solve some of my problems, probably for half the price of the new tailstock, but it wont solve the overall design/size of the tailstock issue.
Any other ideas?
So all of this added up has me looking at different tailstocks, well really only 1 so far, the tailstock from the grizzly G0694. A few issues/questions with this, 1) the entire assembly from grizzly will cost me $460, 2) I am not confident that a 20 lathe from General will line up perfectly with a 20 lathe from another brand, 3) are all ways the same? Can I simply put a different tailstock on and it will work?
I havent been able to track down a price for a complete tailstock from a powermatic 3520, or the Rikon 70-450. Any others i should look into?
Have you ever used a different brand of tailstock on a lathe?
I know i could have a new quill machined and that would solve some of my problems, probably for half the price of the new tailstock, but it wont solve the overall design/size of the tailstock issue.
Any other ideas?