Ahh I like that. I'll have to look into one of these lathe dogs. I Guess using the set up with one dead center and one live center allows you to turn down a bar to the same diameter without having to use a 4 jaw chuck n perfectly align it after you flipped it? I've been having a lot of trouble with thin parts being pushed away by my tools and not cutting to the right diameter across the length, is this common? I kinda asked about it in another thread where I would compensate along the length but I've been having random effects and can't seem to nail down my compensation. I'll probably have a big post about this later.
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