M2 taper

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having run a production lathe some 50 years ago I decided i would buy a minilathe . one more hobby to keep busy doing. tried for over an hour to set the cross slide. finally gave up , then i saw on utube a method to use a piece of flat stock held to a factory m2 taper and then to adjust cross slide to match the angle. worked perfect .
im thinking to make a tap follower out of it.

 

[mmcmdl]

Also could have of used a sine bar to set precise angle .

 

[ttabbal]

This worked great for me. I'm sure a sine bar would work great if I had one.

 

[chatter chatter cut cut]

ditto