epoxy granite cnc lathe

thanks for the good advice, in that case i should use this type of clock?

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Clocking round the outside of a bar held in the tailstock (with your existing indicator) will work too. It's probably not worth buying a lever style gauge just for this.

andypugh wrote:

Clocking round the outside of a bar held in the tailstock (with your existing indicator) will work too. It's probably not worth buying a lever style gauge just for this.


 

ok, it didn't occur to me then, in the moment, that I can turn the existing indicator at an angle even though the pin is fixed:) thanks, I'll try

I might not have explained very well, so here is a very poor quality video.

youtube.com/shorts/Vk4iNr4DojM?feature=share

There is too much stuff in the way on my lathe, but this setup checks that the tailstock is aligned with the actual axis of rotation of the headstock.

I understood it so that i remove this rod that holds the magnetic cube from the magnet,
and clamp it in the chuck, and then spin it around the entire bar held of the tailstock, 360°

your holder model has a conical shank, so i'm guessing that's why you didn't clamp it in the headstock chuck