Hi All,
Foolish question of the day: I'm making a replacement captstan thingie for a cheep warco drill press - the little lad up the road had it knocked off the bench and smashed the casing where the handles screw in.
I'm doing this more for the turning practise than anything else. I need to turn a short, but fairly steep, like 45 deg., taper on the 'outside' part where I'm going to drill for the handle holes.
I've read that I can turn a short taper by setting the topslide to the required angle. I can't see how this works. If I set the tool holder over at an angle, it just cuts on a different edge of the tool. So I'm asking you lot, how does it happen?
Cheers,
Ed