First Cuts, Not Bad But Not Great.......

[Janderso]

that's how you turn tapers on sherline and unimat lathes
the headstock pivots to the selected angle and is locked down with retention bolts
the tapers are turned without the benefit of tailstock offset

I stand corrected.
I had no idea.

 

[Aaron_W]

On the parting, I think there is mention of it in some of the Sherline literature but I've had good success by making a partial parting cut just short of where you want to part, about 1/2 depth and then making your parting cut with a tiny bit of overlap. This gives a gap behind the parting blade and helps prevent any binding.

I stand corrected.
I had no idea.

You kind of got dogpiled there. I'm guessing I'm not the only one who responded before reading the whole thread and seeing that it had already been addressed.