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Offline Flame

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Morse taper
« on: December 26, 2020, 10:52:37 AM »
Just a quick question, are morse tapers universal for wood and metal lathes?
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Offline seventhdevil

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Re: Morse taper
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2020, 11:14:53 AM »
there are different sizes like 1,2 and 3 but yes they should be the same size as long as the number is the same.
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Offline Bill21

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Re: Morse taper
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2020, 11:51:31 AM »
Yes, as said they are normally the same. In years gone by there were competing tapers like Brown & Sharpe that no doubt found their way into some machine tools years ago.

More information about machine tapers than you’re ever likely to need:

http://www.tools-n-gizmos.com/specs/Tapers.html
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