How to stabilize a mug on the lathe

[Rolo (Robert Szabo)]

I’m very glad that helped! I’ve got one other tip for you that I dropped in another post.

Wood lathe Chuck Numbers

Did you know that the Chuck Jaws are numbered? You could easily grab some Jaws, some screws, and secure them to the jug because it all seems like it fits. Fits. However unless you got lucky and put number one in the number one spot with two number two spot, and so on, the Jaws will never tighten as securely as you want them to. Even if they feel perfectly tight, if you put the number one and the number three slot, one job will be off just enough that could introduce wobble into your piece. For…