this was being discussed the other as part of another subject and it was mentioned that the tail stock could be set up at an angle to accomplish tapering with out the need for taper bars. So as I was searching the web today for tooling for my lathe I ran across the item that I would post at the end! So if this will work with out very much more than setting it and fine tuning it, it would not cost much if it only cost the price of the tool. Let me know what Y'all think!