# How to Remove a Tapered Tailstock Center
A lathe center is a tool use to accurately position work materials being cut by the lathe. Centers are ground to a point, or tapered, and the work material is centered between the tips. Each center is sized differently and used for a specific alignment calibration on the lathe. Before equipping the lathe with new centers, you have to remove the existing ones.
Things You'll Need
- Cloth
Instructions
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Wrap the center in a cloth to prevent it from being scratched or damaged during removal.
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Insert the knockout bar into the hole on the headstock spindle. Push the knockout bar through the headstock spindle. Use this removal technique with a live or rotating center.
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Turn the hand wheel on the tailstock to retract the spindle into the tailstock. The screw will push the center out of the spindle. Use this removal technique with a dead or stationary center.
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