In the absence of my mate's oxy acetylene rig, no further progress made on the tailstock. So I thought I'd get cracking on the geometry of the damn thing.
The Beyond Ballistics rust removal recipe is here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYZmeReKKY
When I mention a "couple of hundredths" of wear, that's 1/100ths of a millimetre, or less than a "thou". This might be an antique, but you can bugger off with your antique measurements.
