I'm completely new to turning, but hoping to start as soon as I get my lathe in my shop.
The problem is that I've got a nonstandard taper (I think it's a Jarno #5). While I can fit MT2 stuff in there and it's snug, it sticks out a couple inches.
Getting the headstock reamed to MT2 will be very expensive. Getting the tailstock done will only cost about $70.
I can probably get some used Jarno taped stuff off the internet, or have tapers machined down to it (assuming they're not hardened, anyway...).
I'm trying to figure out if it's worth my while. How many centers or drives do you use in your headstock?