In previous MEW articles regarding taper turning, the authors have used sine bars etc. to set the angle of the compound rest to produce the required taper form. In this article I intend to explain how to use the tailstock offset method to produce slow tapers using the machine feed. This method of taper turning requires that the work is held between centres and the tailstock axis is set out of alignment with the headstock axis by a measured and accurately set amount that is dependant on the angle of the taper and the length of the workpiece (fig 1).
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