Lathe tailstock refubishment

[olderdan]

Hi mr95gst,
No I have not posted that but I will now someone has shown an interest, I did this some years ago so its concept only I don't have a build log.
I have a lot of mods for my 9B.

[tonyfoale]

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I used a home made tool steel No2 reamer as a bought one seemed expensive for occasional use.
This is left handed as it was the only way I could mill it in the lathe at the time, works o/k and a bit worn in now so useful for a cleanup now and then.

Alan,

Another simple idea for getting a nice MT barrel. You can buy parallel OD sleeves with various sizes of MT already fitted. With one of those you would only have to bore a parallel hole in your barrel and fit the sleeve with an interference fit and/or high strength Loctite.
For example you could cut the tang off something like this
1-2MT MORSE TAPER EXTENSION SLEEVE ENGINEERING DRILL SLEEVE | eBay

[olderdan]

Thanks Tony, that is a good idea but I guess I am one of those people who seem to like to do things the hard way just for the challenge.
Must try and break the habit.
Alan