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Are you using bushes Eddie, or are you turning between centres? The tube itself looks mis-shapen which leads me to suppose you are not using bushes. Nothing wrong with that approach, and many people faovour it, but something is going wrong along the way, either in trimming your blank, or in mounting it on your lathe. Thanks for the photo, but a brief description of your method might also be useful.


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