[TheForge] RE: Spinning, was roses

Sat Jan 3 06:38:01 2004

What kind of lathe do you have?

I plan on turning a live center to replace the live center (pointed) on my
machine lathe. Not knowing your setup makes it hard to make suggestions.
However <grin> I improvised a live center for the old Craftsman wood lathe I
have by turning one from wood and gluing it to the live center (pointed)
that came with the lathe.

The tailstock on the wood lathe isn't strong enough for a good friction hold
on a blank so I wiped the contact face of the wooden live center mod with
silicone calking. After it dries it's grippy enough the blank doesn't slip,
provided it isn't too large or heavy gage.

Frosty
------------------------
If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

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Subject: Re: [TheForge] RE: Spinning, was roses

> Spinning is something I would like to learn more about.I picked up a CD on
it
> and have one small book from Lindsey publications.I have yet to set up my
> lathe for it though.I am unsure about the live center for the tailstock or
how to
> make one with a flat on it
>
> Bob
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