Ignoramus17642 wrote:
I just got off the phone with Clausing. I got some specs of this
lathe, as in:

Motor 3 HP, 3 phase
14x48" size
Morse 4.5 spindle taper.

As an aside, the Clausing guy was awesome. He promised to email me the
manual for this lathe and will also look up the original accuracy
specs on this lathe, so that I could compare its current performance
with original performance.

In any case, this Morse 4.5 (four and a half) taper left me
confused. Is that a standard Morse taper, or what is that exactly?
Could I find a center that would fit this spindle?

Pretty common. My 1980s Enco Chinese 10" has that spindle bore