No.2 Morse Taper Reamer Set MT2

I bought a used lathe to find the head stock spindle was out of alignment, so I bought these reamers in hopes of correcting it. I am no machinist, but I figured I could attach it to the tail stock and run the reamer through the head stock and see if it would center and align it. You can see in the picture how I set it up. I ran the lathe at the lowest speed, about 40-50 rpm, and eased the Coarse cut reamer in and then the finish reamer. To my surprise, it worked like a charm, the M2 taper fits all my attachments snugly and it is centered and wobble free! The final finish looks a lot rougher in the photo than it really looks like and it feels smooth too. I believe if I continued with the finish reamer, by hand maybe, it would have cleaned up even more but once I obtained the fit and centering I was looking for so I stopped, I have been known to fix things until I break them. So, for anyone looking for an affordable way to cleanup and align the tapers on a budget or older machine, I don’t think you can go wrong with buying a set of these.

Product seems ok. Didn’t come with a handle for holding the tap?

Used these to fix the taper of a used Craftsman multi-speed wood turning lathe I bought. Did a very good job and chucks now hold much better than before. As this lathe has a blind headstock, I had to grind down the overall length of the reamer to keep from bottoming out and the metal was hard to grind (a good thing). Good item to have in the toolbox.

The MT2 reamers arrived on time and in good condition. However I gave the four stars because the finish looked rusted and tarnished. They worked perfectly and that is the important thing. I will be ordering MT3 reamers sometime soon. I'll see how they are finished.

Not sure what happened to the tail stock spindle taper in my lathe but it developed a side to side wobble on any MT2 tool inserted.Decided I'd try this before trying to source a new one. Probably 6 full turns of the finishing reamer driven with a wrench and light pressure cleaned the taper up well. The reamer left a nice shiny finish, and now MT2 tools seat very well with no rocking or wobble.Haven't tried using the roughing reamer. The cutting surfaces are nice and clean, the other surfaces are red with rust as pictured but doesn't impact the functionality. The packaging is a small cardboard box and zip lock bag, seems sufficient to protect in transit. The reamers were wrapped in VOC paper but didn't seem to have been oiled before wrapping.

Ok, seem just adequate could be sharper,

The product was fine

Very well made, worked perfectly. Great orice.