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When I started my apprenticeship as a sparky last century in the fifties everything was wood blocks separate switches, outlets switchboards in horrible material before long there was no need for a template for the many holes for cables and fixing screws rarely ever used a level or any special aids for centring so after a while you will be instinctive when you hold a blank experience will tell you what to do, if this is a continuing challenge then follow a pattern of behaviour that is cautious. When you first spin the lathe after gripping the blank it shows immediately if it will drill truly or not trust the getting there is eased by the advices given. After a while give us something very few people do fed back how you progress and what you would then pass on to others after a while this could be refined to the most needed and how to in every area and become library material. How are you progressing Jamie?

Kind regards Peter.

<blockquote data-quote="Penpal" data-source="post: 178234" data-attributes="member: 122">When I started my apprenticeship as a sparky last century in the fifties everything was wood blocks separate switches, outlets switchboards in horrible material before long there was no need for a template for the many holes for cables and fixing screws rarely ever used a level or any special aids for centring so after a while you will be instinctive when you hold a blank experience will tell you what to do, if this is a continuing challenge then follow a pattern of behaviour that is cautious. When you first spin the lathe after gripping the blank it shows immediately if it will drill truly or not trust the getting there is eased by the advices given. After a while give us something very few people do fed back how you progress and what you would then pass on to others after a while this could be refined to the most needed and how to in every area and become library material. How are you progressing Jamie?Kind regards Peter.<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/thumbs.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbs:" title="Thumbs&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbs:" data-shortname=":thumbs:" /><img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/thumbs.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbs:" title="Thumbs&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbs:" data-shortname=":thumbs:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Penpal, post: 178234, member: 122"] When I started my apprenticeship as a sparky last century in the fifties everything was wood blocks separate switches, outlets switchboards in horrible material before long there was no need for a template for the many holes for cables and fixing screws rarely ever used a level or any special aids for centring so after a while you will be instinctive when you hold a blank experience will tell you what to do, if this is a continuing challenge then follow a pattern of behaviour that is cautious. When you first spin the lathe after gripping the blank it shows immediately if it will drill truly or not trust the getting there is eased by the advices given. After a while give us something very few people do fed back how you progress and what you would then pass on to others after a while this could be refined to the most needed and how to in every area and become library material. How are you progressing Jamie? Kind regards Peter.:thumbs::thumbs: [/QUOTE]

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