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Model G4000 (Mfg. Since 8/09)
4. install the Mt#2 dead center into the
tailstock.
5. Attach a lathe dog on the spindle end of
the bar stock from
Step 2, then mount
the workpiece between the centers (see
figure 30 for an example).
figure 30. Example of bar stock mounted
between centers.
6. turn approximately 0.010" off the diameter of
the entire length of the workpiece.
7. Mount a test or dial indicator so that the
plunger is on the tailstock quill.
Note: If necessary in the following step,
refer to
Offsetting Tailstock on Page 27 for
adjusting the tailstock position.
Move the tailstock toward
the operator half the
distance of the taper.
Looking down from above.
figure 31. Adjust tailstock toward the operator.
— if the machined workpiece is thinner at the
tailstock end, move the tailstock away from
the operator
1
⁄
2
the distance of the amount
of taper (see
figure 32).
8. use a caliper to measure both ends of the
workpiece.
— if the machined workpiece is thicker at the
tailstock end, move the tailstock toward the
operator
1
⁄
2
the distance of the amount of
taper (see
figure 31).
Move tailstock away from
the operator half the
distance of the taper.
Looking down from above.
figure 32. Adjust tailstock away from the
operator.