You might want to ask Jet where they got that idea. Then you might also
want to compare a Oneway and a Jet center side-by-side. Then you might
want to figure out which came first and try to figure out why they look
so much alike.

Bill

mac davis wrote:
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 22:53:19 -0500, Eddie Munster
wrote:


I just bought the fancy dandy live center from Oneway. The one with the
cone and cup and point. Late Christmas present from my wife.

Now my question relates to a small amount of lateral play in the live
center. Is this normal? Is it okay? I checked 4 of them in the store and
picked out the one with the least amount of play.

Now my cheapo live center that came with my delta lathe has no play.

But all these live centers have a something like one or two thousandths
of an inch lateral play in them, even when I am pushing in on them.

I thought it would be zero play?

Any thoughts? Comparisions to your own? Musings?

John


I had the same question about the live center that came with my Jet mini..

The folks at Jet said the same thing that DJ said... that it needed play to
rotate freely and would self align...

I've used it on a about 100 or so turnings since December and it seems to run
true so far... YMMV


mac

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