What's Up With This Tailstock Center?

[The Liberal Arts Garage]

Agree it looks like a purpose made center, but something else I find curious.... am I looking at the photo wrong or is that a LOT of tool overhang?

Tom

Somewhen in the distant past, I remember a reference to turning an aspherical
cone on a center to turn a taper between centers --- sounds right in theory, but
have heard nothing more. Thoughts? .........BLJHB.

 

[silence dogood]

The worse is that someone left the chuck key in the chuck.

 

[Bill C.]

Agree it looks like a purpose made center, but something else I find curious.... am I looking at the photo wrong or is that a LOT of tool overhang?

Tom

No you are looking at the right photo. It appears to me the toolholder is undersize with a large raiser under it. Those tools do look like they a extended more than I would setup. Must have been setup for a special job.