Attaching bowl blank to wasteblock

true enough, but if you are turning aggressively it's easy to shear the paper - much easier to use a thin waste block if your wood is really valuable - 3/16 to 1/4 of scrap is plenty, glue it on for real, turn the shape, then just reverse and turn it off - if you are using a wood worm or a faceplate you need a bit more thickness, but getting little scraps of 2X4s from a construction site is a cheap way to get wood - you don't need hard maple or such for a waste block.

Or, you can hit the waste block with a chisel/hammer a bit on the waste side of the glue line and split it off.

Paper works fine if you are gentle

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Bill Noble
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Russ' question re double sided tape seems to have morphed into how best to glue a little blank to a waste block. That's one way, but messy and takes time. Unless the blank is 18ct gold and even if I am a thrifty Scot with the generosity removed, I'd waste a 1/16 in. or less of it with a tenon and drive it with a chuck. Doesn't take much tenon with modern chucks. I'd just make sure the jaw's leading edges abut the wood squarely.

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Arch

I picked this up from the Rev's site and used it while I had my Nova. IIRC, I included the tap and drill when I sold the lathe.

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Lobby Dosser

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