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Thank you Dave

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Thank you Robert. This has been on my list for a long time, the steady rest really prompted this as I was cutting the discs out.

Thank you John. Totally makes sense. However form where I started I was actually only about 2mm from the main internal line. If you look at about 6 minutes in when I did the router work the router bit was already just touching the line. I think as the arc is so big that the curve is so slight which over distance you don't gain much. If the chuck was smaller then that would be a different story. Thanks for letting me know that because on the size I was working with I couldn't see any benefit.

Thank you Max

Thank you Paul. All made from left overs after the steady rest.

Thank you Mike

Thank you Alan.

Thank you Julius. Not sure about a genius though. 😀

Thank you Steven. I try to give as much detail as I can and as you will find a lot of my things I have done is what others do but I try and put my own twist on things.

Thank you Tomas

Thank you Raymond

Thank you Alan

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Thank you Michael. Yes I will be doing that, lots of experimenting going on with the buttons after turning them down and seeing their effects as they were tightened up.

That's also another great idea. The whole point of the video is to get people thinking about using it for more that just an ordinary chuck for turning off the bottom of work. This seemed the easiest and cheapest option. Plus for me works well as I have to take the chuck off less using this method as it is usually on the lathe with the standard jaws in. Thank you for the feedback as this is what will be of interest to a lot of other people.

Being right handed I prefer if this way as they can be stiff to tighten up. They don’t get in the way for when turning off the base of bowls etc. However they are easily reversed if required.

Thank you Mike. It's all about sharing and the more people do, even of the same thing we all see a different view. Someone else has mentioned washers between the two boards, which I will more than likely add. As to flex, this is 18mm MDF and would take an incredible amount of pressure to bend that, however as I said will be looking to add those washers and also put the wing nuts on the back. The stoppers are also rubber, so do flex and I've turned them down to a nice taper, so again should give extra support should the work slip a bit. Les chance of the work flying off. Getting this to run true is the biggest part. For turning the base off a bowl etc. if you're out a little shouldn't matter too much but for bringing up pieces to glue onto the head stock end is a bit more critical, which is one of the reasons I made the chuck.

Thank you Allen

Thank you Mart. I think you might be surprised at how easy it is if you have the tools required.

Thank you Dan. Yes, it was all a lot of testing when I put it together.

Thank you Barry. We don't all have your money so this was a budget build. 😂😂😂

Thank you Mark. There are lots of videos on making these. I just added the extra part of using it from the tail stock too.

Hi Dennis. I will be putting the wing nuts on the back too. It was because I had the split washers on they were harder to loosen, so being right handed was easier. I've removed those so they tighten and undo much easier. As some have suggested I will also be placing the same large washers I used and place these on each of the 8 bolts between the two pieces of MDF, that way it will always have an even pressure. The main point of my video was a slight modification on how easy it would be to mount in the tailstock, without having to buy and extra like adaptors etc. After making the steady rest this was an ideal project to make as the disc was the waste wood from that project so therefore became a fairly cheap and easy project to make.

Thank you Glyn. someone just mentioned that just before you commented. I hadn't, but will more than likely add them. 18mm MDF should not flex unless under extreme pressure, which as long as each side is tightened the same shouldn't be a problem. Adding the washers should cause no issues with it either so for safety and ease I will add them in.

Late to the party as always lol

Thank you Bernie. I've not done any changes to it so far. It can be a bit of a pain to get work located centrally as there is so much play with the bolts. For sanding off the bottoms of bowls etc. all works fine as you can often locate the bowl centrally to start with using the live centre.

@@PaulLockwood Im about to make one myself I bought a kit with the stoppers ages ago. Thanks for the reply. I can see how centreing would be an issue

Very good point James. I think because I had the split washers in they were harder to undo, so being right handed had them this way. Now that I've taken the split washer off I'd certainly look at doing this.

You may also find that the wing nuts foul themselves on the motor cowling to the rear of the lathe if your work piece is too large (as I find with my shop bought Longworth). Good job though Paul!@@PaulLockwood