Should've skipped this thread, along with banjo3's Mixed Emitons
post - with the link to a pic of his huge wood stash of exotic
woods - he got for free.

To be thanked for taking away that much HSS in those forms
and sizes - I'd just begun to lose my Envy Green hue and I read
your post. Don't know if I'd call it a Major Gloat, but it's up
there in the Pretty Nice range. Don't know if you've priced
HSS lately but rods in that size ain't going for pocket change.

When, not if, you come up with a new grind - please share
and post pics!

As for making a scroll chuck, unless you have a good CNC
machine, I suggest you just buy one and spend the time
you save on using the turning tools you come up with.

If this were rec.woodworking, I'd have to end with
You suck! That not being the case, I'll go with
Congratulations on your good fortune.

charlie b
who thought getting the equivalent of five 5'x5' sheets
of Finnish ply, mainly 3/4" but some 1/2", in usable
"scraps" was a gloat worth mentioning.