On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:54:12 -0700, "William Noble"
wrote:

you do know that the purpose of that tab is to keep the taper from
rotating - a better solution would be to mill the missing slot into the back
of the quill


I had exactly the same problem with some #1 to #2 adaptors. With the tab
they would not seat
properly in either the headstock or tailstock.

I have a General - Midi-Lathe 25-200, I almost bought a very
nice set of chuck at Woodcraft store. But my General lathe
tail stock and head stock are very short and it will not
take a #2 MT chuck. A normal chuck will work in a Delta or
Ricon mini lathe (forgot which one) and cutting it shorter
may damage the bores, so I decided not to buy.