On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:09:51 -0800 (PST), Exbrat wrote:


Hi Leo
When I'm doing a run of between centers spindle turning, my four jaw
chuck really is lying around. My scroll chuck is a wood-turning chuck
with serrated jaws, however, it is easily eased open or closed a tad
by a slight nudge on the scroll plate tommy bar. See photo 5 on link
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/wa-woodturning-chat . Should you want
to indent the workpiece when mounted, I suggest, rather than using an
allen wrench and the Center Plug I made up, drill a hole through the
center of a Center Plug and make the indent with a sliding fit
sharpened steel rod. (A sort of very long center punch) and a hammer.
Thanks for your interest.

Exbrat

Ahh... that brought on up from the memory banks..

A teacher that did a lot of lamps showed my his knock-out bar and it had a very
small hole in the end with a pin in it.. he ran it through the spindle as if he
was knocking out a Morse taper and it center punched his lamp body for
drilling..


mac

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