hazmat74
Member
Finally had some free time yesterday to start working on a pen. Had some trouble getting everything proper with the mandrel saver. Got bushings and blanks onto the mandrel, slid up the tailstock and made it what I thought was tight, but when I started turning and drew the business end of the gouge down to meet the wood, things hung up with the mandrel spinning within the bushings/blanks. It took a while to get things right, but it seemed that I had to sort of aggressively jam the tailstock up against the bushing to stop the free spinning. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if there are any tips to making sure I get it all right on first set up. I ended up a bit annoyed so the turning procedure wasn't as enjoyable as it can be.