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I have seen some lame suggestions of making a lathe by putting a center on your drill press. but it does make a real nice way to sand turned items on centers. (i hate to sand on my lathe) I bought a live center for, i believe it was a unimat, It has a short 0 Morse taper. i moved my table over and drilled and reamed an O Morse taper in the bed of the drill press. Now when i want to use it i just drop the live center into the hole. I align it with several tool steel pointed shafts that i chuck up and hand spin. Now when i sand an object the dust doesn't get in my lathe.
also it works good to drill (small holes). from on point to another on an object. No matter how odd the shape or crazy the direction. Center punch the entrance and exit point. put one of them in the center and drill into the other point. when the hole is a little over half way through. turn it around and drill from the other end. I don't even clamp it just hold it up there and i will center itself.(use vice grips for larger drills.) try it, the drill will end up going right on through into the first hole.
Also if you have a small lathe you can center bore. (hold the bar with visegrips, and you can drill lathe centers in a bar too large to pass through your head stock. I know it sounds primitive but try it, I end up using it all the time.
also it works good to drill (small holes). from on point to another on an object. No matter how odd the shape or crazy the direction. Center punch the entrance and exit point. put one of them in the center and drill into the other point. when the hole is a little over half way through. turn it around and drill from the other end. I don't even clamp it just hold it up there and i will center itself.(use vice grips for larger drills.) try it, the drill will end up going right on through into the first hole.
Also if you have a small lathe you can center bore. (hold the bar with visegrips, and you can drill lathe centers in a bar too large to pass through your head stock. I know it sounds primitive but try it, I end up using it all the time.