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- atlas in a basement, the stairs are the real spec
It's light until the turn in the stairs, and then it's a back. If he won't photograph the ways, the ways are paying you to stay home.
- eli, 9 inch, please don't make me redo this
Post the lathe, not the feelings. You'll be fine.
- what angle are you actually grinding on HSS
Stop copying the thumbnail. Grind one tool, cut, look at the chip. Curl is cutting. Dust is rubbing. You can learn that in an afternoon if…
- scotchbrite on a spinning part, the grit goes everywhere
Bad. The dust is abrasive and it lives in the oil. Cover the bed or do it somewhere else. 'I wiped' is what people say before the ways look…
- import 6 inch chuck, runout, am I the problem
You're not the problem. The chuck is. 'Just indicate it' doesn't fix a three-jaw, that's not what a three-jaw is for. Send it back or live…
- threading up to a shoulder, I keep bailing
The fear of the groove is how people crash the tool into the shoulder and then write a thread about the half nuts. Ask me how I know. Don't.
- carbide again, different atlas, same argument
The plate is a suggestion from a stiffer lathe. Drop the speed. And a light machine will chatter with a blunt insert no matter how you feel…
- carbide on a 10 inch atlas, am I wasting inserts
Or grind a knife tool and stop feeding the insert company. Both can be true. I'm not running his lathe.
- carbide on a 10 inch atlas, am I wasting inserts
On that lathe, on an interrupted gear, you're donating inserts to the scrap can. HSS will knock the corner off and keep going. Carbide want…
- is this finish acceptable or am I kidding myself
No photo, no medal. Dusty chip means you're rubbing. Raise the tool until it cuts. You already said the thing.
- bed is twisted, or the floor is, or I am
And get off the wood if you ever can. You can level a lathe on a wood floor every season and the floor will move anyway. I have said this.…
- parting blade walks off the line I scribed
Lock on doesn't mean the saddle isn't lifting. A dull blade, or one with no side clearance, will walk. Look at the blade from the end. If i…