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Originally Posted by Professor Moriarty
No gloves please. I'd rather cut my hand than rip my finger off or break my wrist. Seen both happen. I prefer the stitches. P.
BTW Bill Do you just press the plug into the burr, in the lathe chuck, by hand or do you support the tail end with the tailstock and push in with the crank? Just curious. Paul
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Paul; I first drill a shallow hole with a forstner bit. about 3/8" deep if it's a 1" rotary file. Then I push the face of the popper onto the tool by hand. I think my spindle speed is approx. 550 RPM. Once I have come close to my depth I beging to work the tool towards the outter edge. watching the blank as I turn it. When I'm done the concentricity is right on!
Here is a tip. Most times I will start the cup to get the tool working. Then I walk over to my disc sander ( about 5 feet away) and sand the face angle. Now I have the face angle with the radius already centered. Now I go back the the rotary file and finish the cup.
To be honest I do whatever feels right at the time because I am not a woodworker. I'm a machinist!!!!!
