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   dgreen | Oct 04, 2007 05:03am | #1

   I've never tried newspaper, I use brown shopping bags. Never had one come apart on the lathe and I spin them up pretty good.

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   jimmy | Oct 04, 2007 05:36am | #2

   I'll give it a shot...do they split apart easily?

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   dgreen | Oct 04, 2007 05:46am | #3

   It's a little mallet and chisel work but not too bad, I'd rather it be a little work than have one come apart on the lathe. It leaves half the thicknes of the paper on each piece, I would worry about not being able to get them apart with something as thin as newsprint.------------------------------------

   It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump. ~David Ormsby Gore

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   philip | Oct 04, 2007 09:16am | #4

   jimmy,it is quite easy- use ordinary news paper-I am assuming it is not the very thin shiney type. Not too much glue. If you are unsure as to the strength you can just tape the ends with masking tape once they are round, then turn it off at the finish.

   Philip Marcou
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   joinerswork | Oct 04, 2007 03:28pm | #5

   Jimmy,

   Have done this many times, with brown paper or newspaper.  No worries about splitting, unless you pound the drive center's spurs into the glueline.  Thicker the paper, easier it is to split the line later when separating.

   Ray

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   jimmy | Oct 08, 2007 12:40am | #6

   thanks to all.  Turned the colums yesterday and all went well. (used brown craft paper and they split apart cleanly)  Jimmy.