If wood blanks are drilled before turning, they can be turned on mandrels which will automatically center the hole in the finished candlestick. - The mandrels are easily made from wood blanks about 1-1/4" x 1-1/4" x 2-1/4".
- One blank can be held in a four-jaw chuck or a screw center. The other is drilled so that it will slide over the nose of the revolving tail center by pushing the tail piece against the piece in the chuck.
- The 2 pieces are turned so the pressure between them drives both.
- Then, the pieces are turned so that they taper to just under 3/4" diameter at the smallest point.
- Now the drilled blanks can be pressure turned between the mandrels.
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