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slide steady rest towards chuck and repeat.

From this, can we assume that the spindle bore in the Sherline is too
small to pass the 1/2" material through?

If the bore is large enough, you'd be better off setting up a feed stop
you can swing out of the way when machining, and only have as much
overhang from the chuck as necessary to turn and part the work. Then
loosen the chuck, feed more out to the stop, and re-tighten.

If you didn't want to build a feed stop, you could still make a small
gauge that would allow you to measure the stickout from the chuck -- or
you could just eyeball it, if that's what you're doing now.

LLoyd


Lloyd