can't get it out in order to use the jacobs chuck...any suggestions? does anyone know if delta uses a longer #2 morse taper than jet? the only way i can figure that you are supposed to remove the center by cranking the handle back; but that doesn't work. thanks for advice, rich
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There are two commonly accepted methods--you have tried one, and it did not work. The other way is to insert a knockout bar through the hole in the tailstock, and hit it with a hammer. Doesn't work? Hit it harder. Still doesn't work? Come back here for more advice on the use of heat, or ice.
If you have a hollow tailstock ( 5/16" or so hole all the way through ) put a piece of dowel through the hole and rap the end with a mallet while holding onto the live center.
Yes some brands are longer than others.
I take a piece of steel - shaft of a skew ok - put it between the back of the center and the front of the tailstock as I crank the quill back. Comes out fine.
My lathe doesn't have a hole at the back of the tailstock... I put two screwdrivers between the live center and tailstock and pried gently... the live center came off the tapered shaft...thought i was a goner..took a channel lock pliers to it and got it out. then pressed the live center back onto the shaft... compared length of dead center and jacobs chuck to the jet live center and found it was about 5/8" shorter. now i put a bolt with nut on it behind the live center and it pops out just fine...thanks for the advice. rich
You must have a third-party live center. The taper on the Delta is long enough but I also have a couple others, and the tail is too short. Using a knockout will remove the point - going through the hole in the taper. When using one of the shorter tapers I put a tool of some sort between the tailstock and the barrel of the live center and crank back.
mike
If you have threads in the end of the taper this should do fine. I had a brass extender for mine, but got annoyed after a while at having to fish it out of the taper when it would stay behind after ejecting, and now use the external ejection method.
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