My guess is that the centre hole is tapped with a taper tap, and the Allen keys serve to screw a hex headed set screw into the arbor, thus leading it to expand and grip the work. I normally make one up as required - for some reason, very rarely does one made previously happen to be the right size for the 'job of the moment'. Peter Chadwick Swindon MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.