And don't forget the natural method that us with worn out lathes use. Make a
cut and hope that the wear in the machine produces the taper we desire. In
fact we have to work hard to get a piece out without a taper
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Everything machineman said, plus a duplicator (hydraulic or mechanical)
can
be employed. They used to be fairly common. CNC machines are programmed
to
do it as well, and have, for the most part, replaced the duplicators
(tracers).

Harold