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I ran a spiral of medium viscosity CA glue on to the face of the glue block and sprayed accelerator on to the mating face of the ailanthus blank. I aligned them as best I could and pressed them together. After a couple of minutes to let the glue set up I mounted the assembly on the lathe.
Photo #6: Blank mounted on lathe
I probably should have bandsawed it round but for a blank this small it doesn't take long to turn it round. I trued up the face and turned both the blank and the glue block down to round.
Photo #7: Blank trued and rounded