On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:55:38 -0800, dawn-dan wrote:

Jim,

I really dont know what drop fingers are, would they be long enough to
come down in sections along a 8" section?

I'll try to describe what those are... You mount a rod behind the work
that has a series of fingers on it that are free to rotate. Each finger is
of such a length that when the part at that position is the correct
diameter the finger will just clear the work.

You start with all of the fingers above the work. As you turn down the
work each finger will drop as that part of the work reaches finish
diameter.

The other way to do this on a wood lathe would be with a pattern turning
attachment.

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