The live centre completes the line-up of six tailstock accessories for the #Rivett608 lathe. Left-to-right, they are: 4-way turret, dead centre, half-centre, live centre, Jacobs chuck and die-holder. The turret and die-holder were made by the lathe's previous owner (Eric Watson).

I fixed the Rivett tailstock adaptor to the live centre 1MT taper using Loctite 263. A small brass cap was pressed on to extend the end of the taper so that the tailstock ejector pin would function correctly when the tailstock feed was turned to maximum withdrawal.
It all works. Amazing!
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Here's the 1MT live centre and machined adaptor. The taper turning attachment on the #Rivett608 made this a straightforward job.

I bought a 1MT with a blank end and a 1MT/2MT adaptor. Set the blank ended 1MT to run true in the 4-jaw and fitted the adaptor with 'weak' Loctite. Using the taper-turning attachment, I machined the adaptor outer to match the Rivett tailstock profile. The taper-turning worked very well.
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