OT - Who is Mr Morse?

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You must be seriously crap at Googling then because the insertion of "morse taper inventor" into the requisite box came up with this in about a millisecond.

What an appallingly written advertisement for a major company's expertise. A quite horrible set of semi-colons, full stops and commas just after the photograph, far too many redundant commas later on and then the final paragraph has the word 'inventories' capitalised and the last sentence commencing with 'and'.

They might make jolly good machine tapers but they can't type for f*ck.

Stephen A Morse.

Tom

But where is the Patent? Is Wikipedia correct?

Originally. MT was a simple 1/4" in 10" but isn't now..

Can you imagine anyone in their right senses using obscure fractions as they presently exist?

Norman

Sorry, Dave, seriously crap I maybe, but I asked "who", not "what"

Don't think so, nor is it

Naysmith,

Don't worry Mike, Dave is just having a grumpy day having grazed his knuckles torquing down head bolts

AWEM

Ok, Steven A Morse it is, then, but why is Mr Morse' taper so universally accepted? 1/4" in 10" is great, but it's not like that ...

Coz if you use another taper for your tools, they won't fit into the machines and if you use another taper for your machines, your MT tools won't fit them!

It's a bit like "why do most of the world's computers run Windoze?"

Mark Rand RTFM

Well maybe if you actually try reading the article ....

Doesn't that method make it easier to set up your lathe to make a Morse taper? Otherwise, you're playing with angles.

I could tell you but you seem to have credibility issues with me.

Tom

Actually when you're torquing down head bolts there's usually nothing in the way to graze your knuckles against. On the other hand when you're walking along quite normally with your knuckles dragging on the ground you can lose a fair amount of skin. :)

'On the other hand?????'. Just how many is one supposed to have? Does one get barked knuckles climbing trees? Torque to me.

Oops

Norm

I believe that S.A.Morse was a "Stone Cutter", who as we all know control everything.

MH

I am 'endeavouring' to work that out. He had a Lewis upon further 'Inspection'. SMIB?

A mason.

I thought Mr.Morse was originally Mrs Morse's little boy and in al

likely hood the husband of a different Mrs Morse. :D

Alla

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