Revolving Tail Stock Chuck or Rotating Tail Stock Chuck

[jjr2001]

Well I do have a traveling steady but it is a bit large but I guess I could have tried it....I have pictures of a "micro traveling steady" that is on my build list.

The thing is that what Marv said, "Shafts with turned down sections on the ends of the parent stock can be turned without benefit of TS support by feeding just a small bit of the parent out of the collet, turning it to size, then feeding a bit more out, turning, etc." was the answer I needed.

I used a 4 jaw chuck and just re-centered the square stock after each new stick out.
Thanks again Marv. Your process worked very well and I now have my stem for the steam chest. Yippie.

Here are a few pics with the two pieces of "practice metal" and one good part.

Cheers, JR