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60° live center ball-bearing tailstock ctr diy plans
Make a Live Center for your Lathe
A dual purpose ball-bearing tailstock center that will be an asset to any shop.
An Original 1949 how-to build article / plan that was removed from a vintage magazine. It consists of the two-full pages shown below plus an additional three half pages of instructions.
Excerpt: "Here is a live center that is different from the conventional ball-bearing center in that the male 60-degree unit can be removed and a 60-degree female center inserted in its place. This provides a means for turning shafts having male centers at their ends, a feature not found in the standard types of ball-bearing centers. Another important feature is the short overhang from the tip of the 60 degree center to the back of the bearing, which adds considerable rigidity to the tool The 60-degree point will remain true and unmarred indefintely, due to the fact that the radial and thrust loads of machining operations are taken by the bearing."
"Home and professional machinists alike will find this accessory a most useful precision tool and a very interesting project to build..."
