On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:41:33 -0700
graham wrote:

If, for example, it's a box turned in endgrain, when I part off the
lower part of the box, I turn a hole in the stub left in the chuck and
jam the top of that part into the hole so that I can finish the base
and remove all signs of the parting off.

i need to get better at removing the parting marks on pieces

it makes the end product much nicer