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For making your own tap and die tailstock set:
I thought of a source for the mt2 shaft that would be simple and straight. Buy a long neck reamer on eBay and cut off the reamer head. Leaves a nice mt2 (Or whatever taper your tailstock is) with straight shaft. Buy that and small and large t handle taping handles for the chucks.
The rest is just a nice project on the lathe making the die holders and adapters for the tap heads, sliding body, etc..
I thought of a source for the mt2 shaft that would be simple and straight. Buy a long neck reamer on eBay and cut off the reamer head. Leaves a nice mt2 (Or whatever taper your tailstock is) with straight shaft. Buy that and small and large t handle taping handles for the chucks.
The rest is just a nice project on the lathe making the die holders and adapters for the tap heads, sliding body, etc..