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The New Hotness

  • Ortur YRC-1 Chuck: Tube Reinforcement

    Tuck a neatly laser-cut disk into a flimsy cardboard tube:

    Ortur YRC-1 - cardboard tube reinforcement
    Ortur YRC-1 – cardboard tube reinforcement

    Put a big conical center in the tailstock:

    Ortur Chuck Rotary conical center - front
    Ortur Chuck Rotary conical center – front

    Whereupon the tube remains nicely tubular on both ends and aligned along the chuck axis:

    Ortur YRC-1 - chucked cardboard tube
    Ortur YRC-1 – chucked cardboard tube

    Which is why you save all that scrap material …

    Yes, it’s the core from a toilet paper roll, which is way cheaper than burning through tumblers / mugs / shot glasses / whatever while figuring this stuff out.