60s Tutorial - Easiest Angle Setup Ever? Turning an MT2 Morse Taper on Mini Lathe, No Measuring

hey everyone this is a quick tutorial on one method of how to turn an empty two size Morse taper out of mild steel on the mini lathe I'm also going to do this without a new math trigonometry measuring or trial and error as the saying goes it takes more staplers to make more staplers I'm going to be using the MT to size dead center that came with this lathe because it has a few key features that are useful and the angle indicator doesn't have any reference marks first off I removed the tool post so it's not in the way I sent her hole in the back is nice to make sure it doesn't move but the main feature required on this dead center is a good flat area to mount it in the Chuck I'll also link one that should work for this in the description next mounted in the chuck steady it with the live Center in the tailstock do a quick sanity check to make sure it's not wobbling around and now we can get to setting the angle by loosening the compound slide then find an area that in theory should be exactly parallel with the axis of the movement of the compound slide and find something else that is also in theory exactly flat adjust the angle of the compound slide until the flat indicator is touching both the existing Morse taper and the parallel reference across the entire length once a line tighten the compound slide back up and use a dial indicator to confirm that the angle is set correctly once you're happy put your part back in the lathe support it with a live Center and the tailstock put the tool post back together and proceed to turn the taper using the compound slide after you reach the correct minimum and maximum diameter measurements quickly admire your work and try testing the fit and the tailstock ideally it should not wiggle and be difficult to remove thanks so much for watching hit that thumbs up if you found this useful and subscribe if you're not already

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Length: 1min 32sec (92 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 22 2017