Ok, I am back again.
I went to this last Tuesday's meeting, finally, for the Central CT Wood Turners and they were doing a demo that night on Christmas ornaments. Looked pretty easy, but I have never hollowed out anything and I have not had much luck with pieces staying in my Nova Midi chuck. The demonstrator at the end showed me how he sets up his pieces with a dove tail on the end and uses the corresponding jaws for that.
Well not sure what I am doing wrong but after making some pieces to practice on in the chuck, 3 went flying.
I got the bottle topper issue resolved with lots of help here and I am hopping some one can list some basic set ups when using a 4 jaw chuck.
Pictures would be great if possible. Thanks.