"Ken Moon" 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
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Max,
Sears has one in their online catalog. It's a 60 degree, MT2, and cost is
$7.99. They once had a cup center, and it may be in their tool catalog,
but not in the online version.

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX.

Thanks, Ken. I'm not sure I need one any longer--spent my spare time the
past two days turning pine 2x2s and so far nary a catch. In fact, I'm
discovering just how much fun a skew can be when used properly. I'm still
not rolling nice beads yet, but my surface quality has improved 100%.
Thanks to the help from posters here (and some time spent with one of
Raffan's books), my learning curve is steepening.

Max