Quote Originally Posted by the great waldo View Post
I've got the same lathe. I normally just wind it back with the hand feed and it pushes the chuck/taper out. If it's stuck really tight a bit of heat from a heat gun on the quill should expand it enough to release the tapered bit.

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Waldo
Normally it does do that but recently if i wind it back it jams and doesnt push the morse taper out. I have had the tailstock apart and cant find any issues with it.