[duncsuss]

This "draw bar" that some of you have mentioned, is it something that you purchase at one of the woodturning stores or something that you fabricate at home?

Easy to make at home -- you'll need some threaded rod, a piece of wood to make a knob, a t-nut and another regular nut to act as a lock-nut.

Here's pix of the one I made ...

 

[duncsuss]

I just use a washer and a wing nut on my draw bars. Dunc has to go and get fancy with it and make us all look bad!:laughing:

Maybe if I'd had a wing-nut ...

In truth, I don't think it would've worked on my lathe -- the outboard hand wheel has a deep center recess, which is why I turned that long handle. Unless that was the size of the first piece of wood I found and I was too lazy to shorten it.