DaveM
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a live center installed in the headstock!
The worst part was that I tightened the tailstock twice before I figured out why the pen stopped turning every time I touched the tool to it! (It must have had slightly more friction than the live center in the tailstock)
The worse than worst part is that I seem to remember making the exact same mistake a year or two ago. (I think I might have even posted it in an oops thread)
Time to quit turning for the night, and hit the computer where accuracy isn't so immmporttant...
(I have a safety center for driving spindle work that is about the same size and feel as my live center, but I don't use it for turning. I just use a dead center. I guess I have too many centers piled up on the shelf, and it is pretty late at night to be turning...)
Dave
The worst part was that I tightened the tailstock twice before I figured out why the pen stopped turning every time I touched the tool to it! (It must have had slightly more friction than the live center in the tailstock)
The worse than worst part is that I seem to remember making the exact same mistake a year or two ago. (I think I might have even posted it in an oops thread)
Time to quit turning for the night, and hit the computer where accuracy isn't so immmporttant...
(I have a safety center for driving spindle work that is about the same size and feel as my live center, but I don't use it for turning. I just use a dead center. I guess I have too many centers piled up on the shelf, and it is pretty late at night to be turning...)
Dave