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On 9/30/2023 9:00 AM, Snag wrote:
> On 9/30/2023 9:34 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>> At the second hand store another customer was buying lathe equipment
>> so I asked him about trouble I`d had parting and he told me to set the
>> blade about 0.020" below center instead of trying to exactly center it
>> to clean off the tit before drilling as I had been doing. I just tried
>> and it worked much better. The partee didn`t fall off but was easily
>> broken free.
>>
>
> There was a discussion of that subject over on the Logan lathe list a
> while back . They were advocating a spring tool holder for cutoff so
> that it wouldn`t dig in . I do the same as you , set my cutter just
> below center and it works just fine . They were all aghast that a simple
> adjustment will do the same thing as their spendy tool holder . Even got
> a few "That can`t possibly work or I wouldn`t have spent all that money
> on my tool." exactly as I expected .
I`ve seen the below center cutting position suggested on various boards
and groups. Winky`s Workshop did some videos on parting including
making a spring loaded tool some time back. I just skimmed the videos,
but among them turning below center was also mentioned.
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