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21William

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Pierre said:
If the headstock and tailstock centre points don't match up to the 10th of a mm (dead on is best) then actually the lathe is useless for all other work as well.
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This is incorrect and depends entirely on the work you do. For Pen making or other work between centres then yes, perfect alignment of head and tailstock is best.
For other work like bowl turning or box making it makes no difference.
 
Pierre

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I start my bowls and boxes between centres, it makes for a safer start on rough wood since I start on the outside first. also the point of the tailstock leaves a dimple in the bowl or box base so that I know where to recover a piece that someone may damage even if I have infilled the mortice with ebony etc and if you have a fixed sliding headstock like mine then it is essential that the points align, else it ruins the flower that I put in the base to hide the dimple.
 


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