Hi Digits, a lever feed tailstock feed is the way to go for deep hole drilling, and for that matter any small drilling jobs where sensitivity is required.
The Myford lathe brigade are famous for adapting their lathes in this way.
You remove the tailstock handwheel and screw and make up a lever feed ( something like a pump action) to push the tailstock spindle in and out, takes more to describe it than actually make it.
Ian. |