Here's a pretty comprehensive article on parting:
20tooling/Parting%20Off/
Roy
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., franksjoy@a... wrote:
I have experienced all the problems with parting and, as one member
said,even
turned the chuck by hand. With my 7X14 the circuit breaker trips as
soon as
the tool hogs. I'm attempting to make a small crankshaft for a
model rotary
engine and there is a strong thrust to the piece as it rotates. I
have fed as
little as .0001 per turn what really amounts to a scrape. Can
anyone explain,
technically, why parting is so difficult?
Max
