THX new racer for the trick. and everybody else.
I do have that directional problem though. I forgot which way it is.
the cut is horrible, and the lathe vibrates realy badly.
Its a TruLathe 3 Pro
and I'm using the ballbearing support.
sometimes its seems to almost make a fingerprint pattern on the
comm. this is the first few times I've used a lathe. I've had help but it just seems to cut bad no matter who does it.