Royal Offset Live Center

[rwm]

I am looking at a Royal offset live center. The item in question has a 3MT arbor and I need a 2 MT for my tailstock. I know I could get an adapter but- does anyone know if the arbor on this is removable and replaceable with a 2MT? If I could get it off I could machine it down.
Any one have one of these? Any ideas?



Thanks
Robert

 

[FOMOGO]

If you open up the main body you should be able to see if it is bored through for arbor. I would guess they are two separate parts. Interesting piece. Is that a face on the lower left of the part with the scale. Mike

 

[Kernbigo]

this is the one i have and mine is 2 piece you could remove the number 3 and insert a number 2, they work nice instead of a taper attachment

 

[wawoodman]

this is the one i have and mine is 2 piece you could remove the number 3 and insert a number 2, they work nice instead of a taper attachment

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That looks like a project! Not for me, of course, but for one of you guys who knows what he's doing...

 

[uncle harry]

I am looking at a Royal offset live center. The item in question has a 3MT arbor and I need a 2 MT for my tailstock. I know I could get an adapter but- does anyone know if the arbor on this is removable and replaceable with a 2MT? If I could get it off I could machine it down.
Any one have one of these? Any ideas?



Thanks
Robert

An alternative would be to use a straight-sided (not tapered) center in a boring head with a #2 morse taper arbor.

 

[rwm]

Thanks all. I missed it at auction. Went too high. Some of the stuff was crazy. I watched people bid on used items until they were well above advertised prices for the same item NEW on the internet!
I thought this was a very cool device and would prevent me from having to play with tailstock offset. I know one can also use a boring head like this to achieve the same effect:


I have never used a tailstock mounted boring head before. Are they superior or inferior to using a boring bar mounted on the toolpost? Seems like it could be better in some ways?
Then it could perform double duty as an offset center.
R

 

[Kernbigo]

that is not what he is saying i don't think, put a center in the boring head and use it like mine to create a taper off set center, instead of a taper attachment.