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Thanks for the advice the B18 chuck and soft abor is the way to go shall look into this

Been thinking about 1 inch arbour and shimming it to 29 mm as this seems a common size and cheaper I’m hoping Rather than machining a larger size down Is your chuck keyless ?

The existing is tailstock is 29 mm diameter x 26 mm deep

I use frosts rust remover (there are other manufacturers) to get rid of the rust on planes, would not shot blast as a bit harsh on the metal Leave plane parts overnight or longer to soak then wash off with water works well

Thanks I’ll look into the parallel Chuck abor and measure the internal diameter and let you know I the sleeve sounds like a good idea I might be interested in the Jacobs drill chuck

Like them they look good

Yes I have no joy I'm afraid

Hi thanks unfortunately it’s not a Morse taper

My father in law has passed one of these lathes to me recently its about 30 years or so old I beleive and works fine, I've enjoyed wood turning with it. I have searched this forum and found a few of you have the same, I want to set up a tailstock to enable drilling through the work piece I'm...

Thanks for your reply much appriciated I dont think I'll contact him for the moment Thanks anyway

Hi new here 1st post, although I've been lurking for some months studying the wealth of interesting information and tips here I took early retirement christmas 2018 from working in the architectural and structural metalworking fabrication business after over 34 years in the same business...