Thread: Woodfast tailstock

There is a lot of these Woodfast midi's out there that will have a small irritating difficulty. I do a lot of face plate work on my Woodfast 308 midi, which requires the removal of the tailstock. When replacing the tailstock the chrome cam lock drops down and lightly engages the cam. The handle then needs to have the weight taken off by lifting the handle, annoying.

I cut a piece of 2mm steel 50mm long and 15mm wide and fitted it to the back of the tail stock, so that it rests under the cam lock handle. I bored and taped a hole to take a 6mm screw to hold the bit of steel.

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This bit (painted black) will fold in under the cam handle, out of the way.

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Now it is in the open position supporting the cam handle.

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Works beautifully.

Jim