If you are contemplating doing any length of thread turning to any sort of precision, you will have to have at least some sort of travelling steady, and a tailstock in very good condition.

A travelling steady was one thing I never managed to get hold of for my Atlas, they were like rocking horse crap, rather rare.

For fixing a droop snoot, I did a write up here.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist....p?topic=2114.0


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