Re: finding center for a faceplate.

So you have a piece that is already round that you are trying to center on a face plate. Is that correct? -Tim - Original Message - From: cole To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:04 AM Subject: finding center for a faceplate. I know its in

Re: finding center for a faceplate.

"Hay" Cole! (Hay means, "Hello", for those of you on the other side of the pond.)  ;-p   I will send you a picture when I can, but this simple jig can be made by anyone who owns a lathe with out any problems. (Yes its easer for those who own a steel lathe, but even a wood lathe with a Jacobs

Re: finding center for a faceplate.

That sounds easy enough, I was making to it complicated and way overthought this. For multiples though I was envisioning something with the 1 x 8 threads with a point like you said , makes it repeatable. After all if you can only do it once in a row , it's just luck twice and you have started a

Re: finding center for a faceplate.

Thanks I like both of those , a lot better than my eyeball is what I am after. Trying to Learn a new skill . Want to make a lid for a box On Tuesday, October 13, 2015, CURTIS GEORGE wrote: > Hello Everyone, > I made a tool a few years back that was made out of a 1x8 all