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You can use the compound to cut the taper with no problem; what you can't do is cut threads on a taper without a taper attachment. Roy

A second option is to insert a mill boring head sideways in the tail stock. You can use the screw adjuster to accurately set the taper. You will need a 60 degree center on a piece of stock Later....

You can buy a tool called a "nipple chuck" for this very purpose. Alan

I need to be able to create/re-thread close pipe nipples and initially figured to use the lathe to do it. However, I ended up taking the 'easy' way out - I fabricated an expandable mandrel out of 1"

No I actually meant the headstock, I have a couple of "antique lathes" and giving the headstock a little bit of yaw is much easier on them than on the Mini! Doing the same on the mini, well you will

John,did you mean to say offsetting the tailstock? Offsetting the headstock would be more trouble than it's worth. You did give me an idea though,how about putting a 60° point on a short round ,off

John, That might work for very short sections of pipe, as they'd need to be between centers.

Tom, The power and righty required for a given depth of cut and feed rate are dependent more on tool geometry than anything else. With the proper tool geometry you will be able to take a much heavier

In one of my lathe books there is a profile for a usable approximation of tapered pipe thread intended for single point cutting. Bear in mind that normal pipe thread has a helical leakage path and

My thought on this, is "Who needs a tapered thread?" My answer is "Pipefitters". When I was a pipefitter, I had a nice tripod vise and a set of pipe dies. I still have 'em, but haven't used 'em for 50

That is how it's done on the Unimat DB/SL, and the Sherline. Both types have a pin to realign the HS. On the 7xs, the top slide can be used to cut short tapers, and even long ones, If necessary. Mert

A pipe threading machine cuts rough taper threads, because that is all that is required to join pipes to fittings,it cuts fast and in one pass. A machine taper thread is a totally different animal. To

I don't think I would recommend this but has anyone tried offsetting the headstock a fraction of a degree?as can be done on older lathes? My little mini has it's cowl removed now and it would be

One of the advantages of the button head screws is that you can use a ball end Allen wrench in an electric screwdriver to provide power feeds for the top & cross slides. If you use your top slide to

You can certainly cut a taper that way, Chris, but the problem is how to cut a thread along that taper; that's when you need either CNC or a taper turning attachment to do a good job. Assuming the

Hi Mark, Discount Steel has a location just northwest of Fort Worth, Texas, where I have done business with them on several occasions by calling in orders and picking them up. They seem to be good

Take a look at their shipping charges for small quantities. Can easily double the cost. Gordon

thanks gerry, andy and ajawa, thats the part I was looking for, and it has all of the dimensions!

Has anyone in the group bought stuff from www.discountsteel.com? I was pricing some 6061 aluminum bar and they had the best price I've seen -- less than half the price of the competition. CRS bar

You can also use a protractor to adjust the compound to get VERY close. This one is CHEAP but surprisingly accurate. http://www.harborfreight.com/multipurpose-angle-finder-1028.html Chris