scjohnson243
Member
So I watched a few videos and they mentioned that you need to be careful with the pressure you press on your mandrel or it could snap/warp/die.. When i first started turning my first pen if I put any pressure on the blank from my gouge it would just quit spinning... I kept slowly tightening it down harder and harder (from the screw on the end of the mandrel) and after a while it kept spinning, but I was scared I was about to break something.... It *IS* okay to tighten up on the nut at the end of the mandrel that presses on the bushings really tight, right? they are talking about applying a lot of pressure from the tailstock on the mandrel, right?