Roger Tulk
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I bought a steb centre a while ago, and decided to use it today in making another muddler, in Curly Maple. I centred it and reefed it good with the tailstock, and proceeded to rough it out. I immediately ran into a problem with the workpiece stopping as soon as it dug into any kind of bump in the wood.
Now I wasn't putting any more pressure on the tool than I usually do (I'm a gentle soul at heart) so I wouldn't expect this to happen with any of my four bladed spur centres. To get the job done, I continually tightened the tail stock, but when I got to sanding it would stop if I pulled a little too hard on the sandpaper.
I bought this because with my HF lathe, a steb centre was the only one I could get. I did have similar problems with the HF lathe, but I didn't do much with it.
So, now I'm wondering, what is a steb centre good for?
Now I wasn't putting any more pressure on the tool than I usually do (I'm a gentle soul at heart) so I wouldn't expect this to happen with any of my four bladed spur centres. To get the job done, I continually tightened the tail stock, but when I got to sanding it would stop if I pulled a little too hard on the sandpaper.
I bought this because with my HF lathe, a steb centre was the only one I could get. I did have similar problems with the HF lathe, but I didn't do much with it.
So, now I'm wondering, what is a steb centre good for?