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eagleta2 · Post by **eagleta2** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:50 am

Hi Everyone

I want to see if I am alone here... or if some of you have done the same. I had a disc mounted to the faceplate on my headstock... and I wanted to drill a 1" diameter hole in the center. Worse yet, the center that I had marked on the face was not concentric from a couple really bad chisel catches that knocked my block off a little.

So - I mounted the dead center in the MT2 tailstock..I turned the tailstock around and installed it so the point was facing the wrong way. On the balance of the center, I mounted the drill chuck and made sure to but it tight to the tailstock and tighten the setscrew very securely. This allowed me to mount a 1" forstner bit in the chuck and drill a hole in the disc by advancing the quill - very cautiously.

I am thinking that since I work at a machine shop, I might ask the guys to make me a steel MT2 adapter that would fit in the tailstock and have the appropriate sized shaft with a reverse tapered flat ground out of it. That way I could mount the drill chuck or disc sander to the tailstock more securely.

Any thoughts?

Thanks
Geo

reible · Post by **reible** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:03 am

Would it look like this?

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If so you can order it here:

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/item ... =Find+Item

Ed

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:13 am

One of the first accessories I bought for my new 510 back in 1988.

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peterm · Post by **peterm** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:55 am

Coincidentally, a couple of days ago, I made one of these on my Southbend 10k metal lathe by turning down the cylinder portion to the 5/8" diameter. The MT2 stub is sold by Busy Bee Tools here.
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Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:52 pm

reible wrote:Would it look like this?

[ATTACH]15657[/ATTACH]

If so you can order it here:

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/item ... =Find+Item

Ed

$20 for the adapter is even better than the $35 I paid for a MT2 chuck. And the adapter would let you mount the sanding disk to advance workpieces into to square the end.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:55 pm

robinson46176 wrote:One of the first accessories I bought for my new 510 back in 1988.

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Ditto 1963!

P.S. For $2.50!

pennview · Post by **pennview** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:12 pm

Here is an alternative adapter for $8.95 from Beall -- http://www.bealltool.com/products/turning/tapers.php but it doesn't have the reverse taper.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:22 pm

pennview wrote:Here is an alternative adapter for $8.95 from Beall -- http://www.bealltool.com/products/turning/tapers.php but it doesn't have the reverse taper.

That is easy to correct!

wiredone · Post by **wiredone** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:23 pm

think I'll check with ShopSmith and see if theirs is American made, If so it's worth the extra money (to me at least)

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:41 pm

wiredone wrote:think I'll check with ShopSmith and see if theirs is American made, If so it's worth the extra money (to me at least)

Ever heard of 'A1 Gutterman'? A kindred spirit for sure!:)

Speaking of which, whar ya be, Tim???????

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