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Ok - I have some delrin here, I’ll report back. The plan is to turn it 95% of its length to slide into the tube and the remainder in the Chuck. I’ll turn one end true with the live centre in. Then pop it off and turn it round

I’ve tried putting the tube ends in. I wonder if making a Delrin plug for each end would help and let me use a live centre in the tailstock for support?

Hi I’m building one of these, I’m struggling to hold the boiler outer tube in the lathe and get a cut. How tight can I squeeze it? I’m finding it really hard to set it up true. How true does it need to be? Can I ‘rough’ it closer to true? Then turn around in the chuck it and come back it’s a...