Cowell sensitive tailstock attachment

Neil,

Thank you for reuniting me with this article - last night I actually found the original block that I had started making some 30 or so years ago for my little Cowells 90.

I may well try an updated version for my current lathe, scaling up rather than down.

Simon

Neil,

This is just the sort of thing that I originally subscribed to MEW for. Thanks for publishing the article on line, and rest assured that there is interest in this sort of thing.

I remember that JS did a write-up of a lever action tailstock mod.  A quick search for 'Tailstock' on this forum turned up several articles related to tailstock mods - all interesting and worth a read, but no JS submission. Perhaps you could coerce him ( with the promise of £2) to reproduce his articles here too?

John

Edited By John Corden on 21/08/2014 18:25:04

Edited By John Corden on 21/08/2014 18:31:35

Thanks both,

JS is busily working on his prototypes! I have a small cube of metal with a hole and cotter in it as physical evidence!

Neil

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Neil,

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Everyone's a winner.

MichaelG.

Hi All

Looking at this image posted by Phil P some years ago, I have a question.

How is the casting part of the attachment fixed to the tailstock body.

I can't see any fixings and I assume the unpainted portion between the tailstock body and the attachment casting is the 2.125" diameter boss on the rear of the tailstock, but how are they joined together?

Also what is the long allen screw for in the casting.

Geoff

I would imagine that it is retained in exactly the same manner as the original tailstock handle, a semicircular keep plate, the long Allen screw takes up any longitudinal play and stops the whole thing rotating.

Hi Baz

thanks, got it, just can't see the outline of the key in the photo.

The allen screw will be probably be screwed in the threaded hole in the keep plate which stops it lifting out and also rotating.

Cheers Geoff