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Re: Removing Tang From A Morse Taper

 

It pays to check the hardness before going to a lot of trouble to
shorten the taper - its easy if the taper isn't hardened -- many of
the Chinese tapers are soft.

My chuck and taper were from HF; I used a file to determine that the
taper wasn't hardened. I then took the easy way out, grabbed the drill
chuck in the 3 jaw and used a rolling center in the little hole in the
end of the tang. The parting blade cut part way through easily and I
finished up with a hacksaw while running at low RPM, then smoothed the
end with a file.

John

--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "jcmackastro" <jm@...> wrote:

Hi All,

I want to remove the tang from the morse taper that holds my drill
chuck in the tail stock. I assume it is hard steel. I have a hacksaw ,
metal cutting band saw and an angle grinder that I could buy a metal
cutting blade for.

An suggestions as the best method ?

John
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