Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:00:17 +0000 From: pyotr filipivich Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Tapered Pins Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 09:00:18 -0700 Organization: Fortesque Industrial Labs Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 14 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-T96I0PfFAGK9cklqrWekRCs3MoWiQpZj6Z3iccr0SgqUuIQY0lzOqSswzE5RsA9l9vRAcatmM7Whk7x!u+D31c4mtZenDPfVe4p7fTdFj1rRieEiUR0uyAjvlEULpIGcrmQDLyMfVT3qQrSezmgqLABj X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 1729 "Jim Wilkins" on Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:46:02 -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: > >South Bend used taper pins on my lathe, some of which didn't survive the >students' abuse. I acquired some spare parts which had been drilled >differently for the taper pins. It seemed to me the idea was to ream by >hand, tap in the pin and then cut off the excess. I still have a batch of brass taper pins made for the class machines. Brass shears off and protects the machine - at leas that is the theory -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."