"Ignoramus3975" wrote in message
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My clausing lathe cuts tapers instead of straight cylinders.

I am trying to set up my Clausing lathe in a way that eliminates the
possibility that these tapers are caused by anything other than wear
on the lathe (ie, improper leveling, etc)

To that end, I leveled this lathe with a Starrett 98 level.

However, despite that, it still cuts tapers, such as 8/1000 inch per
4 inch of carriage travel. It also produces an uneven finish, which I
would expect to be better. I took some pictures of the finish, which
did not turn out to be good, but I think that you can tell that it is
uneven.


http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Clau...10-Setting-Up/

Try this link to Making a Lathe Test Bar.
http://www.cartertools.com/tgtest.html

I think it will answer any questions you may have.
Roger