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(07-18-2012, 05:04 AM)Rickabilly Wrote: Regarding your Z axis feed, I was considering fitting a similar unit to the tailstock on my Colchester Mascot, you might be aware the Mascot is a big machine, with a number 5 morse taper tailstock, that frankly is a bit too much for my back these days, When I see your Z axis and you say that boring and drilling "Big holes" as well as lifting the knee is possible I wonder how big is big and your opinion regarding the feed unit's suitability?

Best Regards
Rick

Rick, is there any point/or possibilty of making up some form of "quick connect" to your carriage and use it to pull/push your tailstock to/from the head stock (I'm assuming that's what you meant by employing the power feed unit).
Also, (careful I'm rambling on here) I have seen some large older lathes with a hand crank on the tailstock to advance/retract it, I think it utilized the carriage rack.