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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.

[QUOTE="Pierre, post: 373077, member: 1143"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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