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I don’t think so. Drill bits turn clockwise but are held still in the chuck. The lathe is spinning towards me so compared to the bit the piece spins counter-clockwise.

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Picture of vase and discolored bit

Another newbie question- turning a vase out of a glue of of black walnut. Wanted to drill it to start hollowing out. Put a forstner bit in my tail stock chuck and started cranking it is. As soon as...

So next time put a clean cut in both ends and seal the chunk of wood before turning. Then make sure I have enough time to turn the vase inside as well in one session.

as for this piece could I...

Newbie here- I just got my first lathe up and running and was playing around with a chunk of ash. I turned a rough vase shape and when I came back to it these cracks had opened. Is it because the...

Paul is correct! It took a pickle fork to remove the live center from the shaft and then a 5 lb mallet and a bench vise to pound out the taper. Which for reference is an MT2.

414864So this is my tail stock ram with live center. I don’t see that the center comes off. Are you saying I need to fine a second ram without a center on it and then mount the drill chuck on that?

Just inherited an old Delta Rockwell 46-525 lathe from my dad. It had a spur center and a live center for the tail stock but I was hoping to get a drill chuck for hollowing out bowls and vases. The...