Hi;
Here are some pix of a long taper attachment that I made for my 7X12 Mini-Lathe.
I dont have any planes for it ( I believe I got the ideal for it from an old PM mag).
You can go to http://fenn.dyndns.org/pub/~chrish/tt-notes.htm And look at Construction Notes For A Myford Taper Turning Attachment, I think this is all the information you will need to build one.
I have found that the long taper attachment is much faster and easer to use then trying to do an offset turning.
I have made some #2 MT and #3 MT with the long taper attachment and thy have all came out real good. If you do only one or two long tapers a year then the long taper attachment may not be worth building. You will have to remove the cross feed screw before you can use the long taper attachment.
Here are some pix of a long taper attachment that I made for my 7X12 Mini-Lathe.
I dont have any planes for it ( I believe I got the ideal for it from an old PM mag).
You can go to http://fenn.dyndns.org/pub/~chrish/tt-notes.htm And look at Construction Notes For A Myford Taper Turning Attachment, I think this is all the information you will need to build one.
I have found that the long taper attachment is much faster and easer to use then trying to do an offset turning.
I have made some #2 MT and #3 MT with the long taper attachment and thy have all came out real good. If you do only one or two long tapers a year then the long taper attachment may not be worth building. You will have to remove the cross feed screw before you can use the long taper attachment.
