Check Alan Lacers's site, he recomends for beginers a dead center. With
that you can adjust the drive to slip the spindle so if you get a catch the
piece with stop and slip on the drive center. If you need more drive
tighten the tail center. It is great for learning the skew as you are not
worrying about catches. hope this helps.

Bruce
"buck" wrote in message
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When doing spindle work "how snug should the piece be"? Do you tighten
the
tailstock just enough to create friction so the piece doesn't slip or
should
you tighten it up real snug? I'm talking about a 2" square X 24" long.

Thanks