Author Question: A finished tapered workpiece has an included angle of 70 degrees. If the taper is made with the ... (Read 35 times)

altibaby · **on:** Jul 26, 2018

A finished tapered workpiece has an included angle of 70 degrees. If the taper is made with the compound, how many degrees should be the setting be on the swivel base?

A) 35 B) 70 C) 140 D) 20

Question 2

The formula for calculating the tailstock offset is: Offset = L (D - d)/2 L1 where L is the total length of the piece and L1 is the length of the taper. D is the large diameter and d is the small diameter. If a shaft, that is to be tapered on one end , is 8 inches long and the taper is to be 3 inches in length, the shaft diameter is 1-1/4 inches and the small end of the taper is 1 inch diameter, the offset should be:

A) 1/3 (.333 ) inch B) .250 inch C) .100 inch D) 2.3 (.666 ) in.