Taper setup with a boring head
I think it is Marv who is the precursor of this method for turning tapers on the lathe using a boring head in the tailstock.
Many thanks to him for this clever idea !
I wanted to give it a try in order to turn some taper mandrels that I needed, and I decided to make some accessories to it :
A small live center with cylindrical shank that will fit the boring head :
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem...enter_0009.jpg
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem...enter_0010.jpg
It's made of a stack of a bearing stop and a couple of ball bearings
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem...enter_0002.jpg
A pair of spherical centers, re-using the ball tool I already showed yesterday.
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem...al_centers.jpg
And also a couple of Lathe Dogs, two different diameters :
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem..._dogs_0002.jpg
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem..._dogs_0003.jpg
And here is the complete setup :
Turning a reference cylinder :
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem...setup_0002.jpg
Offsetting :
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem...setup_0001.jpg
Turning the taper :
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem...setup_0003.jpg
And finally a shearing tool showed here to finish the cone. (This tool is really wonderfull !)
http://www.labellenote.fr/file/homem...setup_0004.jpg