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Neubert1975:
An other interesting, to me at least, way it rack and pinion.
if any of you know Stefan Gotteswinter on youtube he has made it on hes lathe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ytS1lhVFg
i have been thinking of making the same om my own lathe, that is similar to Stefanīs

vtsteam:
Interesting stuff, guys! :beer:

On this one I'm going conventional -- in fact I'm just going to copy the Craftsman ram, since that's the casting.

I started boring the taper this afternoon:

vtsteam:
Trying the blued MT2 tapered center in the bore:

vtsteam:
The light area towards the end means that the steady rest needs to move towards me to lessen the bore angle.

vtsteam:
After adjustment, and a couple more passes, the pattern is spreading, but the steady rest still needs less set over:

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