Recent content by onetruth

This is, perhaps, the very best ever thing I have ever read ever.

Yes, that makes perfect sense, and is what I had hoped. Thank you both for replying.

My method (for bowl blanks) is to cut it about 1.5x as long as it is wide, and cut it length ways so I remove all the pith from both "halves". If I've got time I paint the ends in candle wax. This probably isn't the best method, but most of it survives with only a little checking, and it's...

Hi all, I'm new here, will introduce myself properly later... I have just bought a 2nd hand RP3000X chuck package which, irritatingly, is missing the pin for the pin chuck. I assume this is a simple cylindrical piece of steel. I am hoping I can just cut a nail to length and use that. Am I...