Don't forget to dimple the end, providing something of a pocket for the needle's head to nest into. Commercial thimbles are stamped with a patchwork of dimples all over the end, but I've always though a bigger single hole would work best. Something along the lines of a small center-drill hole taken nearly up to the drill's full body diameter, perhaps?
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Go easy on me. First lathe "Project"
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