Tailstock live centers for SS lathe

bdad80 · Post by **bdad80** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:12 pm

Is the Shopsmith lathe setup for a #2 MT tailstock? If so, can you use any tailstock in that size, or do you need to use the Shopsmith brand? Any feed back would be appreciated.

8iowa · Post by **8iowa** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:23 pm

I've seen a #2 MT live center at Highland Woodworking and see no reason why it would not work on the Shopsmith.

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/ball ... er2mt.aspx

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:26 pm

Yes the tailstock is a #2 MT.

anmius · Post by **anmius** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:31 pm

My #2 morse taper live center came from Penn State Industries. Great price and it works very well:

http://www.pennstateind.com/store/live- ... nters.html

bdad80 · Post by **bdad80** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:05 pm

Thanks for all of the answers. I have just noticed at Penn State and others that I can buy a live center for less than I can get SS live center used on Ebay. Turning is something new for me, so I don't want to spend a lot of money on it until I see if I enjoy it. Again thanks for the feed back.

Dave

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:11 pm

anmius wrote:My #2 morse taper live center came from Penn State Industries. Great price and it works very well:

http://www.pennstateind.com/store/live-tailstock-centers.html

I have the same live center purchased fromAmazon. The price is a little higher but they offer free shipping.

wingrider · Post by **wingrider** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:26 pm

Bought my #2 morse taper live center from Sears. I don't remember what it cost me but it works great and cheaper than SS.

Mark