Good plan. Might have been some cosmoline in there, too.

"Harry Sanders" wrote in message
om...

As to why I had such a bad sticking problem, the spur center came
installed in the lathe and had never been removed in 2 years. I used
to tap the wood gently onto the spur center with a mallet (I think
this is recommended in the Jet manual). Perhaps this was the culprit.
In any case, I won't do that anymore. In the future I will keep a nut
on the spindle when using the spur center to assist in removal.