esears
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So I've been reading here a bit and I finally thought I had everything I needed to turn stuff at home. I have a Turncrafter Pro VS, barracuda2 chuck, and a drill chuck. I was thinking with these items plus a sander I have already, I'd be able to drill my blanks, square them, and turn them.
I'm a bit confused on drilling with the lathe. Do you lock down the tail and advance the bit in with the wheel on the back (I'm horrible with what things are actually called), or do you just keep the tail unlock and push it in. I thought I was doing well, until today when a 7mm HSS bit snapped inside of a blank and blew it out. It also managed to unseat the drill chuck which also went flying (luckily in a safe direction and not very far, with no damage to anything). I guess without actually seeing it, I'm just a bit confused. I tried both ways, but I get a horrible squeal when I am taking the bit out of the blank to let the accumulated drill shavings off the bit and not clog up.
I've seen reference to people using a skew to true up the ends of the blank as opposed to using a sander or a barrel trimmer. I tried, but of course without seeing how to do it, I know I'm doing it wrong as I had multiple catches and just couldn't do it.
Anyone willing to impart some knowledge on what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!
Eric
I'm a bit confused on drilling with the lathe. Do you lock down the tail and advance the bit in with the wheel on the back (I'm horrible with what things are actually called), or do you just keep the tail unlock and push it in. I thought I was doing well, until today when a 7mm HSS bit snapped inside of a blank and blew it out. It also managed to unseat the drill chuck which also went flying (luckily in a safe direction and not very far, with no damage to anything). I guess without actually seeing it, I'm just a bit confused. I tried both ways, but I get a horrible squeal when I am taking the bit out of the blank to let the accumulated drill shavings off the bit and not clog up.
I've seen reference to people using a skew to true up the ends of the blank as opposed to using a sander or a barrel trimmer. I tried, but of course without seeing how to do it, I know I'm doing it wrong as I had multiple catches and just couldn't do it.
Anyone willing to impart some knowledge on what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!
Eric