The large size of the PM 4224 headstock gets in the way of working at the headstock end of short spindles. A MT2-MT2 extension would seem a possible aid, but the one I found was not sympathetic to MT2 drives - the end of the drive did not reach the drift key slot, and I don't have milling machine equipment. Has anyuone found a reliable source for an MT2 extension for woodturning spur and StecCenter drives?
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Morse Taper Extension
- Thread starter Don Stephan
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Would this work? #2 to #2, and has a slot for a pry bar rod so you can drive your center out of the extension. This is one example I found at Amazon for about $20.
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I use these extensions with my spur center and safe center mostly to reach inside hollows in the blank.
Some of the short Morse tapers might be too short to reach the drift pin slot.
The ONEWAY safe center and Delta spur drives have tapers long enough to reach the drift slot.
For a quick and dirty you can make a pin drive. If your finished end is a 1/4 inch or more in diameter and you use or hide the hole you can turn flush to the wood and pin. You can also cut the piece free ahead of the hole sacrificing 1/2” of wood with a 3/8 long pin.
Either turn a Morse taper from wood or mount a block in a chuck. Make the working end long enough for the clearance you want.
Then drill an 1/8” hole in your blank and the center of the wood drive.
Put a 1/8 brass rod in the drive. Steel is ok, you can even run a drill bit into the wood drive for the pin.
Then just mount your blanks over the pin and snug up with the tail stock.
We used a bunch of these drives in kids classes to turn fan pulls than had 1/8” through holes for the chains.
Here is a guide to turning a wooden MT
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Useful post, Al - I’ll make a few wood M2 tapers. Next - this will be a practical exercise for students. Good onya! PaulMcgaffey
A picture would help, buy all you may have to do is use a cutoff wheel and remove the tang at the end of the adapter.