Bull-Nose-Point Lathe Centers

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Live Centers

Bull-Nose Point

Keep your workpiece spinning while staying supported when machining. These live centers spin with your piece to reduce friction between their point and your material. For smooth rotation, these centers turn on lubricated bearings. The bearings are enclosed to protect against chips and liquid. With a hardened body and point for extra strength and wear resistance, these live centers will hold up, use after use. Use them in the tailstock with manual or CNC lathes.

Bull-Nose Point—Bull-nose point centers have a wide head to hold large-diameter hollow pipe and tubing. Choose an 80° point angle for more contact area and less vibration than a 60° point angle.

High Speed—High-speed centers for pipe and tubing are rated to twice the speed as standard centers.

Total Indicated Runout (TIR) Accuracy—TIR (total indicated runout) is a measure of rotational smoothness—the lower the value, the less wobble a rotating tool will have and the more accurate it will be.

	Total Indicated Runout (TIR) Accuracy	Point Dia.	Point Lg.	Overall Lg.	Point Angle	Material		Each
Bull-Nose Point







	Lathe Centers

	Morse 2	2,000	2,500	0.00015"	4"	3 29/32"	6 27/32"	60°	Hardened Steel	3265A21	0000000


	Morse 3	3,800	2,500	0.00015"	4"	3 29/32"	7 15/32"	60°	Hardened Steel	3265A22	000000
	Morse 4	1,760	3,000	0.0001"	4.921"	2 1/4"	7 9/32"	80°	Hardened Steel	9435N27	000000
	Morse 4	4,800	2,500	0.00015"	4"	3 29/32"	8 11/32"	60°	Hardened Steel	3265A23	000000
	Morse 5	3,520	2,000	0.0001"	5.906"	2 3/4"	8 29/32"	80°	Hardened Steel	9435N28	00000000
	Morse 5	4,800	2,500	0.00015"	4"	3 29/32"	9 15/32"	60°	Hardened Steel	3265A24	000000




			High Speed

			Morse 3	2,700	7,000	0.0001"	3.5"	2 5/32"	6 31/32"	60°	Hardened Steel	9435N13	000000


			Morse 4	4,000	6,000	0.0001"	4.5"	3 1/64"	9 7/16"	60°	Hardened Steel	9435N14	00000000
			Morse 5	4,000	6,000	0.0001"	4.5"	3 1/64"	10 37/64"	60°	Hardened Steel	9435N15	00000000

Interchangeable Point Lathe Centers

Mix and match points and bodies to create a lathe center that suits your job. Use an extractor (sold separately) to remove a point and swap in a new one.

Center Points

Bull-Nose Point

Bull-Nose Point— Bull-nose points have a wide head for holding hollow workpieces with large diameters. They’re often used with pipes and tubes.

Live—Live centers sit in the tailstock to support the end of a workpiece. They spin with the workpiece to reduce friction between the tip and the material. For smooth rotation, these centers turn on lubricated bearings. The bearings are sealed to protect against chips and liquid, which extends the life of the tool.

Precision—Precision live centers wobble less than standard live centers for three to five times greater accuracy as they spin.

	Point Lg.	Point Angle	Material		Each
Bull-Nose Point







	Live

	Morse 2	0.59"	3/64"	19/32"	60°	Steel	9448N16	000000


	Morse 2	0.87"	1/8"	19/32"	90°	Steel	9448N12	00000
	Morse 2	1.46"	23/32"	19/32"	90°	Steel	9448N13	00000
	Morse 3	0.79"	3/64"	7/8"	60°	Steel	9448N24	00000
	Morse 3	1.42"	15/64"	7/8"	90°	Steel	9448N19	00000
	Morse 3	2.48"	1 19/64"	7/8"	90°	Steel	9448N21	00000
	Morse 4	0.98"	3/32"	63/64"	60°	Steel	9448N32	00000
	Morse 4	1.77"	25/64"	63/64"	90°	Steel	9448N27	00000
	Morse 4	2.76"	1 3/8"	63/64"	90°	Steel	9448N28	00000
	Morse 5	1.26"	3/32"	1 3/16"	60°	Steel	9448N39	00000
	Morse 5	2.2"	35/64"	1 3/16"	90°	Steel	9448N35	00000


	Morse 5	3.15"	1 1/2"	1 3/16"	90°	Steel	9448N36	00000
	Morse 6	1.42"	5/32"	1 27/64"	60°	Steel	9448N47	00000
	Morse 6	2.76"	23/32"	1 27/64"	90°	Steel	9448N43	00000
	Morse 6	3.94"	1 31/32"	1 27/64"	90°	Steel	9448N44	000000




			Precision Live and Dead

			Morse 2, Morse 3	1.75"	7/8"	1 11/64"	60°	Steel	9448N52	000000


			Morse 4	2.25"	1"	1 35/64"	60°	Steel	9448N59	000000
			Morse 5	2.75"	1 1/2"	1 37/64"	60°	Steel	9448N65	000000

Dead Centers

Bull-Nose Point

Insert these in your headstock to support your workpiece when machining between centers. Unlike live centers, dead centers don’t spin freely, so they give you a fixed point to stabilize your material. You can also use them in the tailstock to support the end of the workpiece when friction isn’t a concern. Made of through-hardened 52100 alloy steel—a material originally developed for bearings—these centers have exceptional hardness, strength, and wear resistance. That means you'll have to replace them less often than centers made of low-quality steel. You can also apply high-pressure grease on the point to reduce friction and wear.

Bull-Nose Point—Bull-nose centers are ideal for hollow workpieces such as pipe and tubing.

Carbide-Tipped Steel—Carbide-tipped hardened steel dead centers have better wear resistance than hardened steel dead centers. They’re ideal for high-volume work and holding highly abrasive and hard materials.

							Steel		Carbide-Tipped Steel
	Machine Taper No.	Point Dia.	Point Tip Dia.	Point Lg.	Overall Lg.	Total Indicated Runout (TIR) Accuracy		Each		Each
Bull-Nose Point



		Morse 2	2.13"	1/2"	2 13/32"	5"	0.00005"	9450N24	0000000	———	0


		Morse 3	2.75"	1"	2 33/64"	5 3/4"	0.00005"	9450N25	000000	9450N26	000000000
		Morse 4	2.75"	1"	2 33/64"	6 9/16"	0.00005"	9450N27	000000	9450N28	00000000
		Morse 5	3.5"	1"	3 11/64"	8 3/8"	0.00005"	9450N29	000000	———	0