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Yeah, they do kind of go together.
The temperature along the coast of Maine is high enough that shirt sleeves are all I needed. However, getting out to the shop on the melting ice was about more than I could handle. When I did get out there and looked around, I almost cried. My wife/girl friend, had not bothered to clean up after making her rolling pin and there are wood shavings deep enough to go over the tops of my shoes.
I don't work well in clutter, so I started. Got the shop vac going and it won't work. No suction. Change the filter; they ALWASY need changing, and still doesn't work. Look up in the hose and something is in there. Whopped it on the deck and two dead mice fall out. Shop vac works fine, now. Let that be a lesson; Filter ALWAYS needs changing, but there may be something else to look at.
Cleaned the lathe rails, tail stock, tool rest and everything around all that so I'm ready to go, next time! However, along the way, I actually found the operating manual for the lathe. It's an old Craftsman lathe that has been getting some attention in another thread. Pretty good manual too. But it brought up a question I need you folks to help me with.
What is "MT?" MT1, MT2, I know, "Morse Taper," but what's that? What does it mean. The manual said I have an MT2 fitting; does that mean something special? I want to chuck up a drill bit for a special project and don't know how this MT business fits. So, any help would be appreciated.
Now, I need to go talk about the mess she left me, but that rolling pin is out where she can get to it, so I'll way awhile. More on that, should I survive it.
Jerry
The temperature along the coast of Maine is high enough that shirt sleeves are all I needed. However, getting out to the shop on the melting ice was about more than I could handle. When I did get out there and looked around, I almost cried. My wife/girl friend, had not bothered to clean up after making her rolling pin and there are wood shavings deep enough to go over the tops of my shoes.
I don't work well in clutter, so I started. Got the shop vac going and it won't work. No suction. Change the filter; they ALWASY need changing, and still doesn't work. Look up in the hose and something is in there. Whopped it on the deck and two dead mice fall out. Shop vac works fine, now. Let that be a lesson; Filter ALWAYS needs changing, but there may be something else to look at.
Cleaned the lathe rails, tail stock, tool rest and everything around all that so I'm ready to go, next time! However, along the way, I actually found the operating manual for the lathe. It's an old Craftsman lathe that has been getting some attention in another thread. Pretty good manual too. But it brought up a question I need you folks to help me with.
What is "MT?" MT1, MT2, I know, "Morse Taper," but what's that? What does it mean. The manual said I have an MT2 fitting; does that mean something special? I want to chuck up a drill bit for a special project and don't know how this MT business fits. So, any help would be appreciated.
Now, I need to go talk about the mess she left me, but that rolling pin is out where she can get to it, so I'll way awhile. More on that, should I survive it.
Jerry