Correct. As it sits, The tailstock runs into the DRO cover. I just need to thread a bolt into the cross slide
Very nice install. Handy to be able to zero the caliper anywhere you need it. Simple is good, when it comes to reaming a chamber to depth. Carry on young man. I use the locked carriage as a hard stop when needed.
I sort of understand the hard stop thing but don't know why it's needed. Splain it to me please.
I like to pull my tailstock away from the chuck when cleaning and checking the chamber along the way. My tailstock dial has 25 thou graduations between the lines on the dial. It's no problem to stop on a line but guessing something in between gets tricky. My lathe has a dro on the carriage so I just zero the dro and then when I need to go in 12 thou or what ever that number may be on the final cut I just move the carriage that amount on the dro, lock it back down, slide the tailstock back up to the carriage, and run the reamer back in to the same line I stopped on previously and it comes out just right.
This would explain why I feel so insecure. It's probably too late now.
My wife helps me clean my shop once a year. The annual marriage stress-test. The other 364 days it's embarrassing. The shop, I mean.
this is what I use and is far superior to a caliper. Going to a caliper is a step backwards!
I wouldn't go to that extent. Both work just as well IMHO. Both ways can achieve the same. Keep in mind that you need to keep that indicator perpendicular to your stop, otherwise a cosine error can be introduced.
Really like that tool rack!
That's what I have on my manual machine.
