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Hi folks,
My birthday treat in March was a dinky little Perform benchtop lathe, which I've finally started to play with in the past two weeks. I'm toying with making a box for the competition, but I fear that may be somewhat beyond me just for now :lol:
The pressing reason for getting the lathe was to make a chess set. I've currently only got the 4-prong drive centre and a 3" or 4" face plate to work with, and haven't a clue how I can hold wood to make chess pieces, as they don't appear to be a between-centres project. I have made a decent pawn out of Yew now, but the point at which it was parted off is horrible and so I want to move away from between-centres for this project if that's possible and wise.
All ideas welcome...
Cheers,
AG
P.S. I'm happy to invest in a combi-chuck if that's the way to go. The SuperNova has a certain appeal to me...
My birthday treat in March was a dinky little Perform benchtop lathe, which I've finally started to play with in the past two weeks. I'm toying with making a box for the competition, but I fear that may be somewhat beyond me just for now :lol:
The pressing reason for getting the lathe was to make a chess set. I've currently only got the 4-prong drive centre and a 3" or 4" face plate to work with, and haven't a clue how I can hold wood to make chess pieces, as they don't appear to be a between-centres project. I have made a decent pawn out of Yew now, but the point at which it was parted off is horrible and so I want to move away from between-centres for this project if that's possible and wise.
All ideas welcome...
Cheers,
AG
P.S. I'm happy to invest in a combi-chuck if that's the way to go. The SuperNova has a certain appeal to me...