There is a piece missing from one of our lathes. It looks like this, and has come off the tailstock. The square plate may be round, and it is about 6 inches by 3. It is the bit that sometimes falls off when you slide the tailstock off the end of the lathe bed, and I suspect that this is what happened. Someone has probably found it, picked it up and put it somewhere safe. Quite a few of us have looked and cant find it. If you are the person who put it somewhere safe, please let us know, so that we can put it back. If you absent mindedly put it in your pocket, this is why your jeans are so uncomfortable, heavy, and why you lean to the one side. The lathe can not be used for spindle turning until the part is replaced.

Rolf