Another concept is the Follower Rest. This will mount on the cross slide and will follow along with the cross slide. This way, no matter where the cutting tool is, this attachment will be installed opposite of the cutting tool as it travels along.
Proxxon do a live center, I have one for my DB250 included with the lathe.
yes but it's not a chuck assembly
I use it for all my yards & masts < 10mm dia.. I leave the yards over-long then centre drill each end, then hold them in the chuck by the centre non tapered part, after final tapering I cut off the extra bits.
ShopTask. Post #16 above. I've had it for 30 years, hard to imagine.
I kinda like that one. It would work better on my lathe. I think rollers would work better than those pointed jaws though. Unless I'm misunderstanding. I may be able to make one of those.
Don,
what kind of lathe do you have?
what kind of lathe do you have?
I use two sanding blocks, one on each side. That way the mast/yard doesn't bend on me because I have equal pressure on both sides. I do use a chisel to get it started, though. Having extra length of dowel on each end allows me to use the gouge chisel on one end, and then I turn the dowel around to do the other end. That keeps me from applying pressure to the wobbly end.
I saw a rotating chuck in the Micro Mark catalog for $64.00...
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While it's spinning in the lathe? Sounds interesting.