Thanks John , I will see how hard it is first , I have found a metal
cutting disc for the angle grinder so I might just "attack it" with
this anyway.
John
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "John" <John@...> wrote:
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
