SS - Thanks for the tips. I really appreciate them.
If I may ask you one last question - since you say you cut square end off and just pull the shaft thru the dowel er rather than backing it out, than what do you use to hold the shaft with when you spin them thru the burnisher? I always backed my shafts out of the dowel er, keeping the square end, and using the square end to spin the shafts thru the burnisher, then I cut the square end keeping the best section for my finished shaft.
Russ