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How far along are you on this part? Do you have the block roughed out? Or is everything still "in the round"?
You could make that part on a mill. You would use an angle plate or a cnc type vise mounted on it's side. You would turn the shafts with boring head. That is the same concept as a rotary transfer machine.
How far along are you on this part?
...Randy, While I have a substantial amount of machining behind me I have never done any deliberate taper turning but isn't that what you will get with offsetting the tail stock, unless it was offset vertically, just thinking out loud here....Ken
I don't see how it can work with the tailstock offset. I think that just gives you a taper. I think you have to offest the headstock end...
...The rectangular part of the piece is held INSIDE the round fixture and the round fixture is supported by the steady. If the area to be machined is 3 inches long you leave that much sticking of the fixture so it can be machined....
Ken, here's a rough sketch of what I was trying to explain last night