My lathe riser blocks arrived last Friday, so I could get started on the flywheels (there are two).
I was a little apprehensive about chucking them in the 4 jaw by just the hub, so decided to make a fixture to hold them.
I could then mount the rough casting on this fixture and chuck it in the 4 jaw. This would let me center it for turning.
This setup worked great.............except..............why does there always have to be an "EXCEPT"! The riser tool holder that came with my riser blocks only accepts 1/4" tools and all my good A R Warner lathe tools are 3/8". There's a 3/8" riser tool holder available, but I didn't have it. I will soon! Anyway, I had some 1/4" tools that came with my lathe, so pressed them into service. They sort of worked and required resharpening a lot (something I'm not real good at yet).
As Bill mentioned in his thread.......the Sherlines don't handle an interrupted cut very good. Once I got down to a steady cut things went better. I've come up with a solution for this issue which I'll show in my next post.
Jim