Easy Wood Tools, one of our sponsors, has partnered with Carl Jacobson to create a series of turning videos called- "Back To Basics". The second in the series covers mounting turning blanks in a chuck and some additional information about the sanding system from Woodturners Wonders

 

 

 

Early on in my journey as a turner, while turning a bowl, I mistakenly turned on the lathe before I had the chuck securely seated. The inertia/lathe speed spun the chuck so tightly onto the head stock that it took a large wrench and a breaker bar to remove it. Fortunately the only damage was to my pride. At that point, purchased a spindle washer as a preventative measure against it happening again. Mr. Jacobson, in this weeks videos, discourages the use of spindle washers (at the beginning of the video). Seems there are two schools of thought concerning the use of the washer- I'll let you decide which to follow.

 

Speaking of bowl turning, here's a video demonstrating how to turn an "off center" bowl. The finished bowl is certain to be one of those "how did you make that" pieces.

 

 

Safe Turning!

That's funny he is discouraging the spindle washer, since EWT sends the washer with their Easy Chucks, and instructs the user to use them, hmmm.