06-17-2016, 06:13 PM
How about putting the skinny end of the R8 in the headstock end - either collet or 4 jaw. Run your live center in the hole in the fat end and check it with a DTI (or DI). You're not going all the way to the end of the R8 so you should be good to go.
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