Alden Hackmann wrote (clip) Any suggestions for how I might turn this
material with less chatter.(clip)
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I suggest you support the wheel on a round steel jig, with three pins on it,
say 3/4" diameter, at 120 degrees around the center. Three holes in your
phenolic blank will hold it with no chatter and very little runout. If you
think the holes look bad, decorate them so they fit with the ornamentation
on the hurdy-gurdy (viol?)

BTW, I love that kind of music.