"Phil Kangas" wrote in news:i0anrm$pih$1
@news.eternal-september.org:


"Wes" wrote in message
"Phil Kangas" wrote:

Wes
Actually I don't have a taper attachment, but I do have an
offset center device for the tailstock. Somewhere in the
past
I saw a pic of this thing so I made one. It is not the
most
secure
thing in the tailstock so means must be made to sprag it
in
place
to prevent movement. Shall I post a pic to the dropbox?
Maybe
I should as others may copy it.
Tomorrow.......maybe.....phil


Heck yes, post a picture.

Wes

Pic is in the dropbox under:
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/...ock_center.jpg

Someplace I saw a similar setup using a small boring head. Even gave
calibrated offsets on the dial. Not sure if the tang on the taper had
been cutoff, of carefully aligned so that the axis of the head was
horizontal.

I actually found a web site with a description of such a device, but he
doesn't address how you make sure it's horizontal:

http://homemetalshopclub.org/news/feb00/feb00.html

Doug White