On 7/8/2016 10:21 AM, Puckdropper wrote:
"G. Ross" wrote in
:

Was the drive end attached to a face plate? You might be able to
resume the rounding by tacking a small piece of plywood over the
central part of the end, resting the center on that. I say plywood,
because a piece of board might be split by the center, putting you
back where you were.


No, just a drive spur. Good suggestion.

I came to the conclusion that the piece I saved from the firewood pile is
best put back in it. The soft center went all the way through the wood,
which made it useless for turning tops.

Puckdropper

Have you ever used one of these drives or was your piece of wood too small?
http://tiny.cc/2t1scy
I haven't but they do seem to be preferable to conventional spur drives
in some circumstances.
Graham