[SEL] 4 horse mogul

[Jim and Diane]

A good start is to put an indicator in the chuck on the headstock and then 
swing it around the inside of the taper on the tailstock.  If the tailstock 
ram is loose you will have to take it apart, find out way and fix it and ten 
proceed as above.  Most tailstocks can be adjusted back and forth so this is 
pretty straight forward.  You will have to wing it on up and down since most 
lathes do not have a vertical adjustment.  If you can get everything real 
close you could touch it up by re-reaming the tailstock but this would have 
to be done with great care as it has already been reamed to size and 
removing too much will completely screw things up.

Jim

Jim and Diane Kirkes
Hemet, CA , U.S.A.
jd.kirkes at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skip Landis" <skipl130 at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 5:47 PM
Subject: [SEL] 4 horse mogul


anyone know where to get a rod bearing for a 4 horse mogul? would also like 
to know the paint color.  thanks, skip

Curt <curt at imc-group.com> wrote:  Thanks Edd. Since you are a machining 
expert, I've got a question for
you about tweaking a lathe in. Once I have the bed level all directions
with a precision level, and if I still experience taper when using the
tail stock, what is the procedure for dialing in the tailstock? Anyway
of telling which side of center I may be on before making adjustments to
the tailstock?
Curt