CTBlacksmith Posted April 10, 2010 Posted April 10, 2010 How hard would it be to make an anvil hardy cone on a lathe? And would i need any special tooling to make it? Quote
dkunkler Posted April 10, 2010 Posted April 10, 2010 A taper attachment would be nice, but you can turn the taper with the compound. It will take a litle longer and more hand cranking. Quote
Steeler Posted April 10, 2010 Posted April 10, 2010 I've been able to turn tapers on my ancient flat belt drive lathe by offsetting the tailstock and using a faceplate and lathe dog to drive the workpiece. For cones with a sharper angle, I have turned the cross slide with the tool post at an angle to the workpiece held in the lathe chuck..Hope this helps. :) Quote
Bentiron1946 Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 It has been over forty years since I did a big taper like that in high school for a bracelet mandrel and thirty years since I did a long taper for a rifle barrel. I see them on eBay and used to see in the old "Tailgate" section at fairly reasonable prices so it can't be that difficult, can it? :huh: Quote
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