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Hi all !! Apologies for not responding for a few days, had a bit of trouble with my laptop and had no access to internet. Anyway, after reading the suggestions I built myself a disc sander on the lathe and also built a jig to make it easier to get it square. Now doing this has allowed me to test how square the ends really are by using a try square. I've got them pretty dam square, no light passing through the blank and square, but unfortunately I am still producing concentric blanks. I'm at my whits end as to what I'm doing wrong So tomorrow I'm going to have a go at what Pierre suggested, turning the blanks 1/4 of a turn during turning. Quick question, how does this work ? Many thanks Eddie ! :)

<blockquote data-quote="The_Bird_Man" data-source="post: 220966" data-attributes="member: 1261"><p>Hi all !! Apologies for not responding for a few days, had a bit of trouble with my laptop and had no access to internet. Anyway, after reading the suggestions I built myself a disc sander on the lathe and also built a jig to make it easier to get it square. Now doing this has allowed me to test how square the ends really are by using a try square. I&#039;ve got them pretty dam square, no light passing through the blank and square, but unfortunately I am still producing concentric blanks. I&#039;m at my whits end as to what I&#039;m doing wrong <img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/sob.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sob:" title="Sob&nbsp; &nbsp; :sob:" data-shortname=":sob:" /> So tomorrow I&#039;m going to have a go at what Pierre suggested, turning the blanks 1/4 of a turn during turning. Quick question, how does this work ? Many thanks Eddie ! :)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The_Bird_Man, post: 220966, member: 1261"] Hi all !! Apologies for not responding for a few days, had a bit of trouble with my laptop and had no access to internet. Anyway, after reading the suggestions I built myself a disc sander on the lathe and also built a jig to make it easier to get it square. Now doing this has allowed me to test how square the ends really are by using a try square. I've got them pretty dam square, no light passing through the blank and square, but unfortunately I am still producing concentric blanks. I'm at my whits end as to what I'm doing wrong :sob: So tomorrow I'm going to have a go at what Pierre suggested, turning the blanks 1/4 of a turn during turning. Quick question, how does this work ? Many thanks Eddie ! :) [/QUOTE]

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