On Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 8:46:00 PM UTC-4, Michael wrote:
I decided to change the center on my lathe and (finally) after punching the old one out, I see that there was rust on the connection.

What's the proper method for cleaning rust off a morse taper?

All help much appreciated.

Mike

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