Shop Now In woodturning lathes, the tailstock features a second conical center called a live center. This cone-shaped piece of steel contains a bearing that lets it spin freely, supporting the ...

When you’re supporting long workpieces in a lathe, you have two choices at the tailstock end: a dead center or a live center. The latter rotates with the work, so it doesn’t overheat or wear ...

The 7-inch x 10-inch lathe has 10 inches between centers ... workpiece from the headstock — or chuck — to the tailstock live-center. Both models allow up to 7 inches of swing over the machine ...

Application: The live center MT2 is specially designed for lathes under medium-speed and medium-load environments. It can be used for high-speed turning and is suitable for CNC lathes.