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Your cart is empty. Heavy duty #2MT live tailstock center with a 60 degree point.
1.Huge live center for heavy duty workpieces.
2. Cone is 2-1/2" long, by 1-11/16" diameter.
This center is large and strong with precision bearings.
It runs very true and is also well balanced and smooth for effective turning.
Ideal to support your work at the tailstock end of your lathe.
Ali Essa
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2025
I'm seeing a lot of reviews bashing this live-center about crunchy bearings and a soft tip, the one I got had buttery smooth turning.Lot of 1 star reviews about the tip, it looks like they're just pressing it into the workpiece as a forming tool, which will only mushroom the tip. It's meant to be soft, but most people use this product wrong; here's what you have to do use utilize this tool, for the new turners:• Use a center drill set, I have an Accusize center drill set( $24 on amazon, amazing set. Just remember that you're not supposed to feed it into the workpiece at mach speed, that'll cause it to shatter/break.• drill a center hole how ever small or large you want in your piece, there's no way around this if you want to turn something that's sticking out too far from the chuck, this will pretty much eliminate chatter.• place your live center in the tail stock, bring it up to your work piece's center hole and apply moderate pressure. (Keep in mind, you aren't supposed to apply so much pressure that it bends the tail stock away from the piece, that's probably why you're hearing crunch bearings. It's not meant for that much pressure when you don't even need it anyways. you just want enough surface contact with the live-center's head to add rigidity to your workpiece's end.If you don't want to drill a hole in your workpiece, then you need one of two things: A steady rest or following rest. A stead rest can move where you put it on the ways and has 3 cylinders with bearings(Usually) that the workpiece rests on. The following rest bolts to your compound so it moves with your cutting tool, this only has only 2 cylinders or adjustable pieces that lightly press against your work piece's backside to remove chatter, bending and add rigidity. But be warned, both of these rests take up a lot of space, especially if you have a mini-lathe like me. The live center only needs a tiny hole to sit in at the end of the stock to work.The photos I added show what you need to do to properly use a live center.I used black marker on the tip to show where the pressure is supposed to be placed, it's not on the tip but just behind it.I've made my hole pretty big so yo guys could see it.Hope it helps for those who didn't know when they're starting out like me.
Malcolm P. Hodgson
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2025
You spin me right round, baby right around, like a record baby right round, round round.
Joshua Tattersall
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2025
I have a Rockler Excelsior lathe, 5 speed belt driven. I changed out the small diameter live center for this one. It has performed great. I bore a 1/2” hole in the end of the blank and the live center fits perfectly in the hole. I may use a larger hole, but the center can accommodate quite a large hole. I have three live centers, but use this one all the time. No vibration, smooth spin, and shiny!
Jon
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2024
Working great and a lot less money for the one way!
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on May 7, 2024
Works Great.
Anni McRae
Reviewed in Canada on May 15, 2024
Works great, inexpensive and precise
Gazza
Reviewed in Australia on February 8, 2024
The quality of this live centre is great, no issues at all.
Gordon Zufelt
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2024
Larger diameter is very handy
Bry
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024
I'm using this as a center for a Logan metal lathe and it works well. Bearings are smooth and the center runs true.
AKRules
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2024
Seems to run true and smoooooooooth, but I haven't put it through it's paces yet, just a couple of smaller turnings. It's got a sharp point and fairly steep angle so you can get right up next to the end of your workpiece for that finer detail. A good purchase for sure as I think it's going to hold up well.
Anthony Tamer
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024
Good product, very smooth, well made and it has some weight to it.
Happy couple
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024
I’ve only used it on two projects so far, but it is well built, solid, heavy, no measurable run out. Long-term durability will have to be assessed. For the money, it appears to be a winner.
Toni Allman
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2024
Product was exactly as described and arrived immediately
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