Tod Evans, shared this idea with me, and boy is it a keeper!!!
It is so simple and works SO well.
Basically you get a round piece of fairly thick MDF, and attach a piece of leather too it, mount it on something that spins, and then you add oil and polishing rouge to the leather. Yep, that simple, but I like simple.........
Ready to cut out.
Cutting a rough circle with my jigsaw (it will be trued up on the lathe).
I also cut a piece of leather slightly larger than the piece of MDF, you can also see the mandrel I bout to chuck up in a drill or on the drill chuck on the lathe.
I needed to drill a hole 12.7 mm in diameter.
Drilled the hole and fit the mandrel
With the drill chuck on the headstock of the lathe, I tried to true things up, but, the mandrel was too flexible, and the whole disc wobbled badly.........plan B
I took out the mandrel, and mounted the disc on my 6" faceplate, this worked VERY well.
I was easily able to true up the edge and the face of the disc, but man that MDF is DUSTY to turn, notice the cyclone hose right there.....
I bought some glue that is designed for sticking leather to wood, it is a kind of contact cement.
I let the glue sit 10 minutes, like it says on the package, then I stuck it together, and pounded the heck out of it, then for good measure............