Thanks all. It's one of those things where you don't know what you don't
know.

A light tap with a wood mallet and all is secure with a Chuck from Lee
Valley.

I now have a related question. The lathe is a Jet 1442.

Amoung other accessories,1442 comes with a live center and a rod for
"pushing out" morese tapered accessories. The rod popped the drice center
out of the headstock as expected. When I tried this on the tailstock, it
popped out the "pin" in the center of the live center, not the whole live
center assembly as I had expected.

So, how do you remove the live center from the tailstock of a jet 1442?


Thanks,

Steve

"C & S" wrote in message
...
Perhaps a silly question, but is there more to properly setting a drill
chuck or drive center with a morse taper, than to completely degrease it
an
give it a good whack with a wooden mallet?

Thanks,

Steve