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Dead center/live center lathe question
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John McCoy
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(R.H.) wrote in news:95ae5160.0410171316.40fbc2f6
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On my web site someone posted this comment concerning lathe centers:
"I may be wrong but I was taught years ago that the difference between
a live center and a dead center was whether there was power to it. A
center is a center. Calling a ball bearing center a "live" center, I
was taught is not correct. The headstock center is a live center, the
tailstock center is a dead center, ball bearings or not. Anybody have
a better take on this?"
A live center, like other living things, moves (in this case, spins).
A dead center, like other dead things, doesn't move.
John
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