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The last pic was a bit blurry but had the correct color. This one is in
better focus but the color was changed by the light I was using. In order
to get the pieces held in the 3 jaw chuck, I aligned the jaws so that one
was facing straight up. I then placed two pieces of 1/4" HSS tool bit on
the lower two jaws and put my piece on that. IMPORTANT: After tightening the
jaws, slide the tool bits out. You don't want those flying out at you when
the jaws start moving! This left enough room for the lathe bit to cut the
taper. Also, before turning the lathe on, make sure that the cross slide
won't be hit by the jaws when your tool bit is close to the jaws. I made
this mistake and wondered why the jaws stopped moving when the lathe bit
got close (but not touching). I now have a couple of little gashes on my
cross slide to remind me. Fortunately, the speed was fairly slow (around
400 RPM), so nothing serious happened. A lesson well learned!
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