Hi Gadge, the needles I'm looking at are 16mm long so I should be able to hold them in my lathe, if not I can put a small drill chuck in it to hold them, then I can just cut it off to the 11mm I need. The needle leg is triangular so I can hold it easily in the 3 jaw or drill chuck hopefully, turn one end round, then turn it around and do the end with the tip. Doesn't need much off them. Have to fit a screen somehow under the chuck so if I drop one it won't vanish into the never never.
