From: null@void.com   
      
   David Billington  writes:   
      
   > On 27/03/2025 07:52, Richard Smith wrote:   
   >> "Jim Wilkins"  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m134f1egx2.fsf@void.com...   
   >>>   
   >>> Gerry  writes:   
   >>> ....   
   >>>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:13:23 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>> ....   
   >>>   
   >>> ...   
   >>>   
   >>> More than one turn of rope on the drum will walk sideways.   
   >>> ...   
   >> I didn't know that.   
   >> ...   
   >   
   > On a traditional pole lathe of that sort the string does walk back and   
   > forth but as it only does a few turns before reversing it effectively   
   > stays in one place and in use the bodger may reposition it to get   
   > access to different parts of the piece being turned.   
      
   Got it...   
   Thanks.   
      
   Definitely didn't know about that characteristic of "walking".  It makes   
   total sense, now you mention it.   
   The one about how the bodger could move the string along the workpiece   
   to free access to work where the string was before is another aspect of   
   a good design I hadn't been reverent enough of.   
      
   That "warning" / point has saved me wasted time with a "solution" which   
   wouldn't have worked.   
      
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