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I'm thinking of turning one as a gift. I'm trying to figure out how to hold it to finish the ends. I can have one end in a chuck and use a steady so as to turn one end, but how can I hold the finished end to turn the end that was in the chuck?
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I made 2 a couple years ago. I turned them between centers and bandsawed a quarter inch of each end and finished by hand.
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(11-25-2019, 12:20 PM)gear jammer Wrote: I made 2 a couple years ago. I turned them between centers and bandsawed a quarter inch of each end and finished by hand.
It occurred to me after posting this that I have a power sanding pad for my drill. I can get most of it done on the lathe, cut the ends off and just power sand the ends.
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You can make one small but deep cup center on one end and a wide shallow cup on the other end and then switch them and can get all but 1/16 on the ends and just finish by hand.
I know Mike from PVW does this all the time just do not remember how.
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I did a couple between centers and finished off the ends by hand after bandsawing them.
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(11-25-2019, 09:58 AM)crokett™ Wrote: I'm thinking of turning one as a gift. I'm trying to figure out how to hold it to finish the ends. I can have one end in a chuck and use a steady so as to turn one end, but how can I hold the finished end to turn the end that was in the chuck?
I turn mine between centers. Turn the ends to 1/2 inch. do all the sanding on the main body before I turn the ends to around 1/8 inch . then bandsaw flush and sand