if you want to hold it by one end only, then attach waste block to faceplate
and drill hole, then mount ebony between centers and turn to the size of the
hole, glue into hole, and finish as you see fit. 1/4 is pretty thick,
should have no problem with ebony, I've turned little pieces to 1/32 or so
with no problem

"Bart V" wrote in message
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Hi folks,
I need to make a short length of spindle, approx 2" long & 1/4"
diameter (does not have to be exact), out of ebony (hard & dense). I
do not have a chuck on my lathe, all I got is a face plate (yup, Santa
is aware of that...). Any down & dirty tricks, do it on my drill press
perhaps?
Bart.
P.S. no pics yet, but been playing up a storm on that banjo I just
made ))
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