Once I'd completed my Nemett 4 stroke, modifications to the lathe became evident.
a) Moving the tailstock not only required a spanner, but the nut needed unscrewing a couple of turns, then by applying thumb pressure in the right place, the tailstock would then deign to slide up and down. Real PiA. Quite a few articles on adding camlocks, one using bits of bike and another by David Rulezman
b) Trying to focus on drilling the workpiece whilst counting turns on the handwheel finally came to a head when I was trying to drill a 0.7mm hole
17.5mm deep in a brass rod. I got it right first time, so tailstock DRO was added, now I can focus on the cutting not the counting.Both mods should be directly applicable to most chinese tailstocks they all look remarkably similar.
PS: Where can I get Sieg Red and Warco Green? I should really paint the add ons.
Steve