On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:30:02 GMT, (Bart V) wrote:

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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I've "turned" things before on the DP.. you could chuck up 1/4" stuff
or start with a 3/8" or 1/2" dowel..

If the spindles don't have to be solid, you can drill square stock and
run those long, thin screws from wall anchors through them, then chuck
the end with the excess screw at the end with the nut on it..