Al,
I like your idea of turning the lathe manually. I have been wanting
to make a crank arrangement for threading manually, but had not
thought of using the same method for parting off.
Craig
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "fromday2 <aldayis@a...>"
<aldayis@a...> wrote:
I have the HF QCTP and have had the same problem. As others have
stated slow speed is an answer. I have even turned off the lathe
and
turned the chuck by hand while feeding the cross slide, it worked
very well, much better than you might think.
HTH
Al Day
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "wdannhardt <wdannhardt@y...>"
<wdannhardt@y...> wrote:
I recently purchased a 7 x 12 mini lathe, and so far it has been
wonderful, I am very satisfied. I purchased a quick change tool
holder from HF, and with a modification to the compound, now have
easy tool height adjustment. The only tool I have problems with
is
the cut off tool.
I am using a .062" x .5" HSS tool, cutting brass and Aluminum. I
always seem to get terrible chatter. I made sure the saddle,
cross
slide and compound are very tight to the ways, but it still
happens. WD
