0 MT Tooling

[pgp001]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a UK supplier for 0 Morse Taper drill chuck arbors please.
I am looking for 0 MT to B10 & 0 MT to B13 in particular, also some soft blank arbors would come in handy.

I could set to and make some, but life is too short.

Thanks
Phil

[Jasonb]

Might be worth asking Millhill Supplies as they do Sherline lathes which have a 0MT tailstock taper.

J

[Jasonb]

Cowells sell blanks end arbors in 0MT but may be cheaper to find a Cowells owner who may have an excess amount of tooling

[Roger B]

And lathes   

[Tjark]

Not a UK supplier but one in Luxembourg.

http://www.rc-machines.com/en/index

I have ordered some tools there without any trouble.
If you do a surge for RCM0B12 you will find a 0 morse taper drill chuck arbor with B12 chuck tapper.
They maybe have other arbors with 0 morse cone to.

     Tjark.

[Jo]

Cowells sell blanks end arbors in 0MT but may be cheaper to find a Cowells owner who may have an excess amount of tooling

And lathes   

  No such thing.

Cowells use a short 0MT taper. I have a rather nice 1/4" chuck on a long 0MT that I must get round to  drilling off so I can use it for something else  .

For drill chucks I've only got 4 spare threaded arbors, no tapers. Best I don't show you the spare arbor drawer 

Jo

[tangler]

Chronos have some centres, which might at least give you a start.

Cheers,

Rod

[PStechPaul]

Here are some items with 0MT:
http://www.toolkitprice.com/index.php?fuse=0MT&block=92084%26catref%3DC6

And Little Machine Shop has a 0MT live center:
http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=2714

And a couple of JT arbors:
http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=3544&category=

A dead center for a lathe:
http://dewitt-tool.com/DEWX710-0HSmachine_tool_access_center_dead_hss.aspx

Try searching on "0 MT", "0MT", and "MT0" to get more results. These were all first page hits, using www.dogpile.com. Fetch, Arfie! Rrrruff! 

And also try "watchmakers lathe":
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/0-MORSE-TAPER-0-MT-DEAD-CENTRE-WATCHMAKERS-LATHE-ETC-/300521481306

Enco has 0MT reamers, and probably other items. But you can't use 0MT or MT0. Try Morse Taper:
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAKA=891-4728&PMPXNO=3904654&PARTPG=INLMK3

 

[pgp001]

Cheers Guys

Some food for thought there. The problem with non UK suppliers is the cost of postage makes these items very expensive though.
I am now seriously considering making a new tailstock barrel for my Pultra with a 1MT taper in it, that size is much easier to obtain tooling for.

Phil

[Jo]

If the barrel is big enough  or do what they do on a watchmaker's lathe and go for collets in the tailstock  .

Jo

[tangler]

I'm currently going through the same exercise for my little Flexispeed.  Hard centres seem to be available so I think I'll soften some of these and braze a lump on the end to make some blank arbours.  RGD do 12x1 and 14x1 mm screwed arbours for fitting unimat chucks but they are a bit expensive.  ARC euro trade do a 0Mt to 1Mt sleeve which, with 1 to 2 MT sleeve will allow manufacture of the end fittings on the Myford, if I am right in thinking that the short 0MT use the thick end.

Rod

[Jo]

A standard OMT and a short 0MT. It uses the small end and looses about 10mm from the thick end.

Jo

[tangler]

Bugger   

Ta, Jo

[ths]

I made a number of 0MT bits for my Flexi a while ago, soft centre, tail stock die holder, and a drill arbor for a JT1 chuck. For a revolving centre I used the one available for the Seig baby lathe (C0?), the parallel shank on that was large enough to get a good 0MT.

All this was done on the ML7 at the one setting, having fluffed around for a while to get a proper taper angle. I removed the Flexi's tail stock mandrel to test for fit. The Seig centre was held in the 4 jaw for turning, indicated from the parallel shank. I used the the removed tail stock in the 4 jaw to hold the arbor to turn the JT1.

The Flexispeed doesn't get used much, mainly for reasons of accessibility, but these accessories seem to be fairly spot on.

Hugh.

[tangler]

Hugh,

Those are great ideas, thanks.

I don't anticipate using the Flexispeed a great deal but for small items it should be pleasant to use.  It was while making some helical gears with a milling spindle set up on the Myford and then ruining the blank that I decided that it would be useful to have a second lathe, thus avoiding taking down the careful set up to do some turning.  Space considerations forbid anything much bigger than the Flexispeed.

Cheers,

Rod

[tangler]

Returning to Phil's original question,

This: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/No-0-Morse-Taper-MT0-With-B10-Arbor-for-Drill-Chuck-/120878321267?pt=BI_Tool_Work_Holding&hash=item1c24e8ce73

is cheap enough to avoid any additional customs charges.

Rod

[Allen Smithee]

Best I don't show you the spare arbor drawer 

Well you know what they say - any arbor in a storm...

 

AS

[pgp001]

Returning to Phil's original question,

This: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/No-0-Morse-Taper-MT0-With-B10-Arbor-for-Drill-Chuck-/120878321267?pt=BI_Tool_Work_Holding&hash=item1c24e8ce73

is cheap enough to avoid any additional customs charges.

Rod

Rod

I actually bought a couple of those ebay ones, they came through without customs noticing them as well.
They do look to be pretty good quality for the price, so I am well pleased.

Phil