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(Stan Schaefer) writes:

A #1 Morse taper WHAT? Arbor? Drill bit? Center? Reamer? All of
these and other tools besides have, or can be supplied with, Morse
taper shanks. I can't figure out how a #1 Morse taper anything would
go onto a shaper, the taper is used for holding tools against

I just took another look at what Gingery writes in The Metal Shaper, p.14:
"You can order a 1/2" hand tighten chuck with a #1 Morse taper shank from
Sears tool catalog."

I think I need to spend more time using my dictionary when I read Gingery's
books. The word "shank", for example, was not in my vocabulary and I just
tuned it out, thinking that the main term was probably "Morse taper", which
I didn't realize was purely descriptive. In my dictionary, I find among
the many meanings of "shank": "the part, usually straight or stemlike, between
the top or handle and the working part; shaft: said of instruments or tools."
Well, I guess that that is sufficiently imprecise that it might not have
helped me in this case.

Ignorantly,
Allan Adler

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