I find myself doing alot of work between centers and have heard about ball centers and i think im going to set up my own. from what i understand(feel free to correct me) a ball center is better suited to tailstock offset turning because it has more radius to allow the offset to stay aligned where you want it. as opposed to 60 degree dead or live centering both ends which is designed for dead straight alignment. SO my questions are, should i/could i just use a ball on one end? which end? when center drilling out for the ball what is best? a plain old hole the diameter of the ball or some kind of countersink type hole?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.