The Swing-Away Tailstock
A fourth axis can lead to tight quarters inside a mill enclosure. Enter the swing-away tailstock. Nikken tailstocks for fourth axis work have a swing way feature:
The tailstock up and ready for action…
And here it is down and out of the way so the part can be loaded…
Thanks to Boris on the PM board for pointing this out!
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