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Originally Posted by John Sabato
You should still be able to do barrel tapers by simply offsetting your tailstock on the lathe by have the difference between the large end and small end of the taper!
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I hate having to re-center my tailstock afterward...
I cut my tapers with the tool post (compound rest)...If you look in the top pic of post #34 above, you'll see the handle of the tool post feed sticking out the right side...
I set the tool post up and use a dial indicator against the part of the barrel to be tapered to show the amount of taper...in this case, it was ~.080"; so I swiveled the tool post until the dial indicated .040" of taper...Locked 'er down, and started cutting/feeding (manually)...
BTW: This is the machine I use for all this...
3-In-1 Multipurpose Machine with Micro Feed
