hi all i got a spear tailstock for me lathe my tailstock the Morse taper was well chewed up even after ruining a No2 Morse taper reamer dawn it but the replacement one sum one had filed the end where the handle fits on to plus where the bronze bush runs on the shaft had warn in to the shaft so this needed putting rite before i go any further i had to mack up a drive dog then set it up between centers and turned it dawn to 8.5mm the original diameter was 10mm ones this was dun i made a silver steel bush 8.5mm hole with a 10mm OD to fit over the end i marked out whet the key went and cut it out with a cutting disk on me dermal then i used Behring fit to lock the bush on to the shaft then finished off cutting the key way cleaned all the old pant off the body and gave it a cote of red pant right pics
