Tooling I should have made years ago... (2)

I started a thread some time ago about things that members discover they should have made years ago.
http://ift.tt/1eJbdjq
It won't let me post now but today I made a bit of tooling that fits right in that space, so...
Here it is -
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(This was fabricated as I was mainly welding today but it could have just as easily been machined)
Most of the tooling for the lathe tailstock is MT2 with a tang, but the centres are not tang'd. To remove the Piper live centre I normally use a tool holder like this while winding the ram back

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But that won't work for a dead centre which I had to use today to get extra clearance
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So, you take your little jigger, slide it into the tang slot and then just wind back.
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Should have made one years ago...

Michael

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