Dvoigt, you could be the first to write a review. Be somebody jump out there and buy a center saver designed for mini lathes?
Craft Supplies sells the McNaughton MK8 Micro Center Saver for $214.99 + shipping.
Not sure, you want to buy less expensive MK 8 Mini Center Saver Set for $139.99.
Even if you harvest your own green wood not sure a center saver cost effective for use on mini lathe. Even with sharp blade and light touch easy to stall the motor. People already spend too much on big bowl gouges that stall their mini lathes.
That sounds great in theory... I just don't have the time to test it out, and I don't have the money to spare if it is a waste of money!
That is why I asked the question, hoping someone else has done this.
I can only spin a 10" bowl on my lathe and my face plate can only hold an 8" bowl, so I would have to master an alternative method to hold a 10" to clean up the bottom.
But even if I start with a 8x8x3 blank and core it i could maybe get a 6x6x2 blank and then a 4x4x1?
Although in a fancy wood, that would still be nice...