OK some further practice and some other Bedan related stuff.
First, I was asked before about the drive center I use, I got it from Jean-Francois when he was here, he was gracious enough to give it to me, nice guy!
Here it is, much longer than most safety drives
here it is in the headstock, you can see it extends out from the spindle a fair bit. This gives you a lot more space to work, especially on lathes like my DVR where the headstock is a bit bulky. (one of the few things I find I don't like about the DVR)
Here is my OneWay safety drive center
Same center installed.
Now if you cannot get a drive center from Jean-Francois, (I've been told he sells them, but have not confirmed that yet) then what do you do?
Well, before Jean-Francois gave me the longer one, I did this, I bought a MT#2 to MT#2 extension or adapter
With the normal OneWay safety drive in it, it extends out a fair bit....
I also made this little knock out for the OneWay center, as it will get wedged into the MT#2 extension fairly good, just like the knock out or key for a drill chuck.
The only thing I do not like about it, is that the OneWay Safety drive has a much larger cone on it than the one that Jean-Francois gave me, and I've become used to the one I have, but I can use either.
Some more practice.....
I was getting sick of eggs, and that is no eggzajuration
So I did this instead, it has some advantages, one it is quicker to do a bunch of practice cuts, as you only have to chuck up one piece and do a bunch of cuts,
the second advantage is it is NOT eggs!
Cheers!