turning french style pastry rollers

[paul wiser]

having trouble with driving the blanks. tried using a stebcenter on head stock and on the tailstock, but it seems to slip around instead of bite in. any ideas? any sugg:confused:estions welcomed. thanks

[Patrick Taylor]

Just a thought, are you hammering in the center before mounting it?

[Reed Gray]

I turn some of these, and for almost all spindles, I will turn a tenon on one end, and mount it in a chuck. Much better holding power, especially when you part off the tailstock end of the pin (turn the speed down). I have the steb centers also, and to me, the 4 blade center works better. I have had the same problem with the steb centers tearing out, no matter how I pound them in, or how much pressure I put on the tailstock.
robo hippy

[Paul Heely]

Could the tailstock be slipping as you tighten it up? I had problems with my Jet mini tailstock slipping until I replaced the round clamp block with a square one.

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Paul

[Steve Trauthwein]

I have just turned a dozen of these. I just used a spur drive and turned between centers. Worked fine. I have some glue ups on the bench now but I am tired of turning rollling pins.

Steve