When viewing a typical CNC lathe, the machine left side, where the chuck is located, is called the headstock. Opposite, at the far right side of the machine, is the tailstock. Its design and purpose ...

There’s another type used for checking tailstock alignment, but that’s a subject for another day. We start by chucking some stock. You want something of a substantial diameter, because we’re ...

Aligning tailstock includes mounting a small center drill in the tail stock, turning the bar between centers and measuring the diameter of bar, and putting a straight bar between centers. Bench ...

The turbine shaft, looking like something from a miniature jet engine, was meticulously balanced using magnets mounted in the headstock and tailstock of a lathe. The video below shows the build ...

Rotating components, like shafts, and the supporting features like bearing housings, are good examples of features that must ...

When turning wood on a lathe, each workpiece is mounted between the headstock (top) and the tailstock (bottom) with pointed ...

Modular and upgradeable systems This single-tape head system is an upgrade to the existing Robotic multi-tape AFP work-cell ...