This is going to be a very long project. It will be attempted in spurts, until I get dedicated time in the shop after football season. In general tools topics I started a thread on a new find that has lead me to this project of making a taper so I will have more choices in tools and am able to get the big 3 jaw chuck out of the way.
I started by verifying that I can match the taper with the compound. It took about 20 minutes to set up and I am quite confident I can match the taper within .001 +-.0005.
Bogs, I know what you mean by hard on the hands cranking the compound.
I have a hunk of steel large enough for what I have in mind. The next step is to get all of the dimensions together and devise a plan to do the actual turning.
The picture is of the initial setup matching the taper. It is academic, because I will have a lot of turning before I get to this point. Wish me luck, If I am successful, it may give total newbies confidence to attack anything.
