Mini Lathe tailstock lever clamping modification - Part 2

First part of the lever clamping modification: This is the second part of the lever clamping modification on the Mini Lathes tailstock. I made a camlock clamping mechanism to clamp the tailstock firmly to the lathe bed without needing a wrench every time. In the first part I made the large clamping t-nut and installed some bushings to the casting. In this second part I make all parts for the camlock mechanism, redo the casting, paint it and finally reassemble everything. All the steel parts made in this video are from 42crmo4 tool steel, which is hopefully sturdy enough for this purpose. It machines surpringly well on this little machine and can be turned to quite tight tolerances. As I had to repaint the tailstock casting anyway, I decided to round its sharp edges a little bit to let it look a bit more pleasant. All in all - besides the huge effort - everything turned out pretty well and the result is pretty satifying. The new clamping works rea
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