Funny coincidence that I just had mine apart for repair day before yesterday and you put a video up on maintaining it this morning. Always a pleasure.

Thanks Mike. My tail stock wasn't pushing forward. I'll try this.

+1 for a funny coincidence! I've been unable to turn for several months now and just yesterday started gearing up to turn a couple dozen pens, so this maintenance reminder is right on time. Thanks Mike, good tips as always.

A lot of practical experience here. Wood TURNING gives many hrs of pleasure, therefore; we must do our maintenance. SAFE TURNING, John

5am?? Bell went off,so had to watch! Nicely explained Mike👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Excellent instruction and demonstration. Thanks

Thank you very much. Very helpful👍🏼👍🏼

Got mine done today made a huge difference. Thanks

That was useful! Thanks for sharing!

Mike. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Just did this to my 10 year old powermatic and better then new again. Thanks again and thank you for all of your videos. The maintenance once are friendly reminders about things we don’t always think about.

I need to do this Mike on my 5320B Powermatic. So glad you posted this video.

Great video! I was just going to do mine this weekend. Thanks Mike for showing how to do it. 👍🇺🇸

Very good. Clear and concise. Watch out for slippery fingers. I am overdue for similar maintenance on my lathe. Thanks

Thanks for the video Mike. Your tips worked a treat. Cheers, Ben.

Thanks for this video Mike! I've been needing to do this maintenance to my tail stock for a while now. Fortunately, your video popped up when I googled how to do this.

Thanks so much for posting this, it is exactly what I was looking for.

Good to know, thanks for sharing

Thanks for this video Mike. Really helped me today.

Great video Mike! Thank you for the detailed breakdown of the tailstock. :)

A very good topic. Many wood workers and turners I know do not like to perform maintenance. I think it is good to keep things working smoothly. Also helps to minimize wear or keep the machine performing to specification. Not all lathes need the handle to be removed to get the quill out. My NOVA DVR lathe does not auto-eject the quill, so its handle is attached to the tailstock. The quill just screws out with the handle in place. Good advice to check the channel for the pin. This is easily swaged over time. I have worked on the quills of two midi lathes, one a Delta and one a Rikon. The Delta channel for the pin was messed up. This was due to a manufacturing defect. The hole for the pin was drilled at an angle. I was able to mount the tailstock in my milling machine and drill another hole at 90 deg to the quill. Dry lube is a good product to use. I would also spray into the tailstock. If dry lube is not available, a light weight oil like 3-in-1 works well. Grease should be avoided, it will hold wood dust and make a mess. These days I like to use PTFE based dry lube. This is a higher temperature product than the commonly available teflon products, and so can be used in my 3D printer as well as the wood lathe. Your quill did not have burrs on the Morse taper, which is good. I have special hand reamers for MT2 and MT3 which can clean up the Morse taper. They work well, but are expensive. A poor-mans reamer is a 1in strip of e.g., 600 grit wet-dry paper lubricated with WD-40 and wrapped around a known good taper like the end of a live centre or Morse taper drill. Rotate the taper in the direction of the spiral of the paper. You will hear and feel as any burrs or nicks in the taper are removed. Dave.

thank you mike

Good job! Need to clean mine now.

Thank you I needed that

Thanks Mike. Love that you didn't edit out the slip and drop!

Thanks for the tips on taking my tailstock apart. Found out my lead screw was stripped so I bought a new screw and quill. The new screw had a ding in the threads as well. So anyone who might read this...don't try to force the threads. They are too fragile and they are left hand so can only be machined to restore. A new screw was less than $50 delivered.

Thanks for the reminder well done

Timely. I'm overdue to give mine a good workover. Alan

Thanks, Mike! I could not figure out why the quill on my two month old lathe suddenly became so difficult to turn. As you point out, a burr had formed along the edge of one of the channels running the length of the quill, and a couple passes with a file got it working smoothly again.

Thank You!

I usually place some sort of baking pan under the work area to catch the grub screws when, not if, I drop one. It works well the catch hex wrenches as well. ;-) Good job on this video Mike.

I’ll have to remember this one. Since I’ve only used my lathe a few times I’m sure it doesn’t need this maintenance yet. Thanks.

Mine was so hard to turn the other day I took it apart and cleaned and lube. Works great now.

That was very informative as I have bad trouble with my tailstock. Unfortunately there is a piece on the lathe and my handle is frozen. I can't move it forward or backward. Any ideas?

Bravo Mike! 👍👍👏👏 Might want to mention just how often you recommend to pull maintenance on the avg. lathe & for one used heavily.. Btw, this much like the abbreviated Jet video on tailstock cleaning/maintenance, but yours is much better! 👌👌

good morning. My ratchet lock broke. how do I know what what to order as a replacement? Is it based on the screw size or length of screw? I am very new to turning. I was given a full size lathe about 2 years ago and have just started trying to learn how to use it. The tail stock is stuck and not extending at all. so thank you for this video. Please any advice would be great. My chuck also was stuck yesterday and thank you for that video as well. Got that going then the other end gave me trouble.... Not a good day in the workshop but I guess I am learning the hard way on how to take care of my machine. hope to hear from you soon. Thank you

I recently cleaned my tailstock on a Jet 1642. Same process as what you demonstrated. Thanks for the video. What’s that red rubber band for that’s connected to the lock down handle on the tailstock?

Hello, I thank you for sharing your experience that has been very useful to me to learn more about the world of turning, I would like to ask you if you know of a store where I could buy those internal parts of the Tailstock or with what name could I search?

I wish the previous owners of my 50 year old Rockwell had seen your video.....I think they put the contraption together with loktight and epoxy.

Maintiance, something I have tried to get into so many minds. I've been a mechanical technician my whole life. I have a little saying, "anything built by man is subject to failure without any given notice",. All machinery requires it, some more often than others. A little time doing maitiance can make all the differance, could keep you going instead of saying, "my machine is broke". Put it as a normal part of any operation, its very important. Oh yeah, WD-40 came about during the saturn 5 rocket era. Nasa was having issues with rust forming on stored parts and asked a team of scientists to try and come up with something to prevent it. End result is what is known as WD-40. WATER DISPERSANT-, formula number 40 worked. Hence, WD-40, LOL...........Thanks Mike, excellant subject for all...........

Sig. Mike la ringrazio per aver condiviso questo tutorial sono nelle stesse condizioni ho smontato il volantino ho estratto il tubo millimetrato dove si innesta la contro punta ho anche rettificato la scanalatura del fermo, ho lubrificato con il WD 40 tuttala sede della vite ma per metà corsa scorre bene poi tende a sforzare , dove sbaglio? Comunque domenica 13/1 lo smonterò di nuovo seguendo i suoi consigli. GRAZIE un italiano

Hi Mike I know this video is 4yrs old but I actually bought a used jet 1014 back in February. Unfortunately I think maintenance was not even a thought for the previous owner. I took the tailstock as far apart as I could but couldn't seem to get the handle off . I assume once you remove the set screws it should just slide off which unfortunately is not the case for me. Any suggestions on what to do with it.

Mike, the threaded screw on mine is frozen in the quill and I can’t get it out. Afraid I discovered your great video too late and needed maintenance didn’t happen. Any suggestions for getting it unfrozen and out of the quill? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Love your work…

Hey Mike I think it was you that used a custom made magnetic spindle lock for the Laguna 1216 lathe made by Tim? Did I get this right? If so could you possibly drop me his numbers. Thanks!

A bit off topic, but I just bought my first lathe, a walker turner driver 700;series. My question is when I lock the tailstock down and advance the quill into the wood the tailstock moves as I am turning the wheel. I am certain the lock is tight, any suggestions? Sure have been enjoying your many video’s. Thank you for spending the time to teach

how about using a rifle barrel brush and barrel solvent to clean system? Too harsh a solvent?

harbor freight has allen wrenches with a plastic handle that I find much easier to use than those L shaped ones.