Acanthus
Established Member
I have found a problem with the tailstock of my Axminster M950 lathe.
This has a MT2 taper, and I want to take the live centre out, so that I can fit a chuck. However I have thus far failed to shift the arbour of the live centre at all.
I have been told to use the screw advance mechanism, but when I tried this all that happened is that the point of the live point got pulled off the base of the LC leaving it and the arbour still firmly stuck in the taper.
My son suggests heating the body of the tailstock, while cooling the arbour with a stick carved from a block of frozen ice.
Any ideas on how to shift it.
David
This has a MT2 taper, and I want to take the live centre out, so that I can fit a chuck. However I have thus far failed to shift the arbour of the live centre at all.
I have been told to use the screw advance mechanism, but when I tried this all that happened is that the point of the live point got pulled off the base of the LC leaving it and the arbour still firmly stuck in the taper.
My son suggests heating the body of the tailstock, while cooling the arbour with a stick carved from a block of frozen ice.
Any ideas on how to shift it.
David