"Arch" wrote in message
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Hi Max, Glad you have skewered the epithets.

I agree with the Lacer CD and 3/4" skew, but why do you need a Steb
center? I've read the ads, but I've never used one as it seems to me to
be an expensive device that like a cheaper dead center tends to
perpetuate instead of improve poor tool work and it fills some other
needs that most hobbyists don't have. Other's opinions will differ and
I'm willing to learn.

So am I, obviously. g I was reading a turner's website a while back in
which he recommended the Stebcenter as a means for mitigating the ill
effects of a nasty catch--the sort I have been experiencing. Several
catches have yanked the skew from my hands, and on one occasion it caught my
faceshield and ripped it from my headgear, destroying both. Better it than
I. But I was hoping a Stebcenter might be a good device to use while
learning the taming of the skew (sorry). I don't own a dead center--my
lathe came only with a live one plus some drive centers--so I shopped for a
center that would allow slippage, but couldn't find a dead center offered.
At least the Craft Supplies catalog doesn't seem to have them. I'm sure
they've got to be cheaper than a Stebcenter, so I'm all ears if you think
they'll work as well for less money. As for poor tool work, I believe that
is my middle name, but I'm improving.

Max