I have seen an article suggesting an adaptation of the Attachment for use as a sine bar, in which case, slip guages could be used to accurately determine the taper. Cheers Hubert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Strauss" <ken.strauss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:09 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Taper Turning Attachment > Permanently mounting one of the cheap 1" travel dial indicators on the > taper > mechanism would seem to be a good way to set the taper. The screws would > still be nice to allow fine adjustment but they wouldn't need scales. > 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.