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A lot to think about there Eddie, all the advice is good so just work your way through it. If your lathe has a swivel head I would start by checking your headstock/tailstock alignment as stated previously by using a dead centre in your headstock & bringing your tailstock with centre together until the points just kiss & see if the points line up. If they don't then adjust the headstock until they do. This is a good starting point before checking the other things suggested. Best of luck.

[QUOTE="Bill Mooney, post: 219275, member: 603"] A lot to think about there Eddie, all the advice is good so just work your way through it. If your lathe has a swivel head I would start by checking your headstock/tailstock alignment as stated previously by using a dead centre in your headstock & bringing your tailstock with centre together until the points just kiss & see if the points line up. If they don't then adjust the headstock until they do. This is a good starting point before checking the other things suggested. Best of luck. [/QUOTE]

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