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Thanks all, appreciate the welcome and the comments. I did wonder whether cutting them cross-grain might have exacerbated the shrinkage problem. The beech one has moved a lot and is certainly cross grain. I thought he wood was dry....it's a good 5 years old and has been in the workshop for several months.

I suspect the roundness problem is going to be....problematic. I have a graduate short-bed....the tailstock is not really designed to be super-accurate and the slightest bit of woody-swarf underneath can knock it out quite a bit.....but that's probably just an excuse

Will be turning some more over the weekend so may be able to show the next batch soon.....

<blockquote data-quote="ChrisF" data-source="post: 227227" data-attributes="member: 1282">Thanks all, appreciate the welcome and the comments.&nbsp; I did wonder whether cutting them cross-grain might have exacerbated the shrinkage problem.&nbsp; The beech one has moved a lot and is certainly cross grain.&nbsp; I thought he wood was dry....it&#039;s a good 5 years old and has been in the workshop for several months.I suspect the roundness problem is going to be....problematic.&nbsp; I have a graduate short-bed....the tailstock is not really designed to be super-accurate and the slightest bit of woody-swarf underneath can knock it out quite a bit.....but that&#039;s probably just an excuse <img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/thinker.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thinks:" title="Thinker&nbsp; &nbsp; :thinks:" data-shortname=":thinks:" />Will be turning some more over the weekend so may be able to show the next batch soon.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ChrisF, post: 227227, member: 1282"] Thanks all, appreciate the welcome and the comments. I did wonder whether cutting them cross-grain might have exacerbated the shrinkage problem. The beech one has moved a lot and is certainly cross grain. I thought he wood was dry....it's a good 5 years old and has been in the workshop for several months. I suspect the roundness problem is going to be....problematic. I have a graduate short-bed....the tailstock is not really designed to be super-accurate and the slightest bit of woody-swarf underneath can knock it out quite a bit.....but that's probably just an excuse :thinks: Will be turning some more over the weekend so may be able to show the next batch soon..... [/QUOTE]

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