Adam gives a breakdown of how his lathe's tailstock and live centers work, and shows how one of his live centers is just 1/8 of an inch too short to marry with the taper inside the tailstock. So today's repair job is to extend the end plug of that live center by machining a replica of it--using the lathe itself! Shot by Adam Savage and edited by Norman Chan Music by Jinglepunks Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks: null Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): null Tested and Adam Savage Ts, stickers, (de) merit badges and more: https://tested-store.com/ About Tested: https://www.tested.com/about Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/testedcom Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/testedcom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/testedcom/ Discord: https://www.discord.gg/tested Amazon Storefront: http://www.amazon.com/shop/adamsavagestested Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman Thanks for watching! #adamsavage #lathe #machining