Todays Project - What did you do today?

[marfaguy]

Steve,
Thanks! Given your expertise, I really appreciate the assessment. I've worked on modding my little 7x16 a lot.
The tail stock assembly was a joke. There was absolutely no way to not end up with an indeterminate taper
when turning between centers. I re-worked the tailstock base so now it's about .0005" out in 10" or so and can be confidently
adjusted. I'm planning on selling this one next year and upgrading. I'm hoping that with the mods I've made I can
get a good price.

f350ca,
Agreed. On the other hand it would be hard to come up with a different/another solution since the manufacturers can't
know what bearing diameters the customer has so in a way the cones make sense. That said, there is no excuse for the
internal bore to not match the axle diameter better. The cones to axle fit feel like they were just drilled, and not bored or reamed.
That's just dumb and or sloppy.