rear chuck or live center?

macguy said:
Here is a picture, I hope this works
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i see a nice house :D
what happened to the chuck pic mac????
if pic is too large to post here, could you please email it to me
stix4sale@aol.com
thanks
brent
 
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Sheldon said:
I've often dreamt of a lathe with a really long bed that has the chuck in the center. Then you could have 2 tailstocks. One to the left and one to the right.
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You know when I started building cues with a metal lathe I had the same dream. So when I designed the Cue Smith lathes I put the headstock kind of in the middle of a 6 foot bed. I have built lathes as long as 92 inches. On a side note I saw a picture of one of Bert Shrager's lathes that had a tailstock mounted behind his headstock.
I have used the tailstock behind the headstock, but once when tapping a weight bolt I had the tap pull the cue forward out of the tailstock center. So I went back to the steady rest system behind the headstock.
I feel an extended bed and steady rest is the way to go.
 
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BHQ said:
i see a nice house :D
what happened to the chuck pic mac????
if pic is too large to post here, could you please email it to me
stix4sale@aol.com
thanks
brent
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I am trying again I think I got it now. The back chuck is an old one made in england but it is very true. The front is a six jaw.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/2kramer3/chuck2.jpg?t=1209331302

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/2kramer3/chuck1.jpg?t=1209331336

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/2kramer3/chuck-1.jpg?t=1209331363
 
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Falcon's old Feeler lathe.
 

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