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As tylersteez said, this makes a dead center, dead-on accurate to the spindle centerline. Use your fish gauge to gauge the angle with turning your compound and tool edge skim the soft or tough center's point (note the exact place/angle spot in your notebook /not marking the lathe with a punch mark. Good to put on a small flat so you don't snag your hand in a sharp point and it doesn't bottom out. Dog off a chuck jaw so the center turns with the part.mount a chunk of steel in the chuck and turn a point on it, quickly makes a dead center that's already true to the chuck. If you end up having to flip the part around or whatever then you will have to make a couple passes on the dead center you made to true it back up if the part bites into it. get or make a lathe dog as well
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