I am looking for a old hollow tail stock for a Walker Turner lathe. Or
something that will work. I need to do some deep hole drilling for
lamps. The lathe has a 12' swing(6" from center to the ways) 2 1/2"
between the ways. Or if anybody has a plan for something that would work.
Thanks.
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Richard,

Richard L. Rombold
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Springfield, Or .97478

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I am looking for a old hollow tail stock for a Walker Turner lathe. Or
something that will work. I need to do some deep hole drilling for
lamps. The lathe has a 12' swing(6" from center to the ways) 2 1/2"
between the ways. Or if anybody has a plan for something that would work.

Richard,

I learned to turn on a little, homemade lathe that my Grandfather built.
The bed was just two pieced of angle iron and the tail stock was two
pieces of oak laminated together. They captured a nut inside and the
'dead' center was a long, large screw that looked as if it might have
come from inside a piano. Worked as good as any other part of the lathe.

But, just to guide a drill bit, do you really need a full-blown tail
stock? Why not make a wooden jig that bolts to the ways of your lathe
and has a hole through it that lines up with the drive center? I would
make it out of a hard wood but other than that it sounds quite simple.

Hi Richard, Two dodges have worked for me.

1. Hold the long bit thru the headstock in a hollow chuck (scroll type
with a hardwood split collet or a Jacobs headstock chuck. Feed the
workpiece in increments from the tailstock.

2. Cut a piece of CRS that fits your banjo and drill a hole that fits
the bit at center height as a greased bearing for it. Drive the piece
from the headstock and feed the fixed bit or hold the work in the fixed
headstock and feed the bit rotated with a hand held drill. A long bit
may require additional support over the ways.

I suggest that you start out true with a center bit, D-bit or Forstman
type. BTW, cheap Harbor Freight long twist drill bits work for me in
softer woods. Good luck.


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