I need a tail stock for a coil winder I'm going to redesign ...but I don't like the idea of being confined to the live centre provided in thos cnc 4th axis tailstocks ....I'm drawn to the concept of being able to swap out the live centre for different tips (e.g. using something like this http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster...olving-centres ).

I'm struggling to find a tail stock (needs to be very small ....eg

http://designed2wind.alphalink.com.au/all6onblack.jpg

http://designed2wind.alphalink.com.a...derway%202.jpg


forum member clanzer sells cnc coil winders, it's the dogs bollox but it's overkill for my modest/casual needs....

http://www.ukcnc.net/Mini-Coil-Winder-Option2-2.jpg


he has his tailstock custom made :-( (I guess that's because nothing exists for a somewhat niche genre!)