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Taper pins

I need a few sizes mostly the mid size ones right now ANS #0, #1, #2. According to the Machinery's Handbook the material is usually a standard 1211, 1212 or 1213 steel. As far as I can tell on eBay they are either really expensive from USA or not ANS standard sizes.
 
I have some #0 x 1-1/2" and some #1 x 2" 12L14 steel How many do you need? These are a taper 1/4" per foot
 
Thats a very kind offer I wasn't expecting. At the moment I need a #0 about 3/4 long and a #1 about 1 inch long. I'm guessing that trying to reduce the length will be a bad idea because it will result in a burr or small flange at the end that will cause problems if the pin has to be removed. But then I'm just a newbie at this. What do I know? Do you remember Brent where you got your taper pins from?
 
I got a bunch from McMaster Carr. They ship 25 to a bag for about $10 per size - If you need a couple I can probably mail you a couple 0 and a couple 1. - I am just away from home for a few more weeks. McMaster doesn't ship to people other than businesses - you could try Acland's granger or spaenaur

https://spaenaur.com/catalog/A91/
https://www.grainger.ca/en/product/TAPER-PIN-ASST,STD,STL,120-PCS,15-SIZES/p/WWG2UHG8

The taper is all the same 1/4" per foot. When I rebuilt my lathe I made a new cross feed screw and this required pinning the drive gear for power feeding back on. This was a "0" taper pin - Lucky for me KBC tools had a clearance on taper pin reamers. Basically drill the small diameter and ream the hole so the pin goes through. Tap the pin to make it secure and then cut off the excess and file to the profile required. I suppose you could leave it a bit long if it was not going to catch on anything? The pin in my case needed to be flush so the gear was free to spin.

On my rebuild of the Cincinnati tool grinder there were a couple larger #4 pins and a couple other #1 pins for the gears - they had been made flush
 
FWIW metric taper pins have a 1in 50 taper while the imperial ones are 1 in 48. I suspect they would work in a pinch.
 
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