Title says it all. I ended up buying a delta 46-715. I read mixed reviews, but it's a starter lathe for me. I have been watching tons of videos to try And learn techniques again. So I mount up a piece if walnut yesterday. I am assuming it was way out of balance because the lathe literally starting walking across the floor. So I kept cutting it to make it more balanced.
My question. For a rookie like me, should I be using the tail to get a safer cut, I simply used a faceplate yesterday. I thought about it last night, to start roughing out the end of the bowl, should I have the tail chuck and the faceplate used to rough out the bowl.
Any other starting tips would be greatly appreciated. Like start to finish for a rookie like myself. I am so excited to start turning, I can't even stop thinking about it.