This month, Howard Winwood wins this month's Chester Vouchers with a simple tip for owners with wayward tailstocks! A lot of far eastern lathes have a similar arrangement of lever locking tailstock and I would imagine all based on the same principle of pulling a plate up onto the underside of the lathe bed, thereby clamping the tailstock. I have been cussing and swearing at mine for ages as the bolt used to position this locking plate, gradually works loose. It might only be about an eighth of a turn, but it is enough that the locking lever ends up vertical without providing full locking force. I then have to delve under the lathe bed and try and turn the bolt a fraction with my fingertips to get back to status quo.
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