There's a Reason Why It's Called a Morse Taper....

[darkzero]

.... Cause the shank is tapered ya dummy (dummy being me of course)! This was the 4th chuck I took apart today & stupid me did not pay attention to the table on my arbor press, slot was too small.

Luckily my local MSC had it in stock & they were open for "curbside pickup" (call in order, transaction handled at the door) so all is good. Still though $23 down the drain & I still feel like an idiot!

I swear this kind of stuff never happens to me. My work is always good sometimes!

 

[Ulma Doctor]

flip it over and use the good side, you'll be Ok

or

it will buff out!

 

[darkzero]

it will buff out!

Yeah I could of actually just ground it down & it would have been perfectly fine. Dummy me had to go out & buy a replacement right away. And after I got home dummy me found a spare used one in a drawer that I had no idea I had!

It was definitely a Fk up Friday for me!

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Yeah I could of actually just ground it down & it would have been perfectly fine. Dummy me had to go out & buy a replacement right away. And after I got home dummy me found a spare used one in a drawer that I had no idea I had!

It was definitely a Fk up Friday for me!

i can't tell you how many times how many times i bought replacements and hid them from myself, only to be found when looking through unrelated tooling.

i wish the Fkery was limited to only Fridays for me

 

[Aukai]

I don't hide things from myself, I just put them in a safe place. The easiest way to find the safe place is to buy another one.

 

[mmcmdl]

Looks like a quick way of putting set screw flats on the shank to me Will . I'm going to try that approach next time the need arises .

 

[mmcmdl]

. And after I got home dummy me found a spare used one in a drawer that I had no idea I had!

Since when have any of us not loved to spend $$$$ on new tools ?

 

[larry4406]

It seems like you have done this a few times before. Why not take a file/grinder and knock off the sharp edge of the arbor press slot? Might prevent the next the one...

 

[T Bredehoft]

Remove the proud metal from the tang, make it smooth, the tapered hole won't know the difference.

 

[Packard V8]

Remove the proud metal from the tang, make it smooth, the tapered hole won't know the difference.

Yeah I could of actually just ground it down & it would have been perfectly fine. Dummy me had to go out & buy a replacement right away. And after I got home dummy me found a spare used one in a drawer that I had no idea I had

For true, X2. It seems OCD and early onset CRS are bad combination.

jack vines