Taper for points in changeable point Z Live Center?

[mcdanlj]

I ran a DTI into my MT3 tailstock to copy the taper to my compound, then ran it into the nose taper on the Z Live Center. As I expected, they are nowhere near a match.

 

[Jim F]

I ran a DTI into my MT3 tailstock to copy the taper to my compound, then ran it into the nose taper on the Z Live Center. As I expected, they are nowhere near a match.

So now you can make any insert you need, now that you have the taper spec.

 

[mcdanlj]

I expect that if I did that I'd be copying the taper anyway as the best way to get a close match, but I'm still curious about formal dimensions.

So now you can make any insert you need, now that you have the taper spec.

Yes. I already knew that I could copy it. I feel like I keep repeating that my question was about whether it was known to be a standard taper. That's all.

 

[Jim F]

You could measure the taper at each end to find out what the taper per foot is, then look in MH to find out if it is a standard taper.