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We all used to do that in the olden days, then somebody who knew what they were talking about (probably Jobst Brandt) turned up on rec.bicycles.tech and showed us the error of our ways.
Screw threads and tapers are both inclined planes, on reflection it's astonishing that we ever thought they should be treated differently.