I was curious how other people are holding finished work without marring it?
I've turned down some 6061, then flip it around in the chuck to work on the other end. I get nice little jaw marks on the finished side.
I thought about putting some masking tape on the the finished side. I just wasn't sure how that would effect the accuracy of the turned part. The chuck already gives me problems about items spinning exactly true. ((when it's been flipped over))