well Ive had a lathe for three days and its already taught me who's boss.
I was turning 416 stainless with hss ground tool. It didn't chip like regular steel. It produced long strings of turned off stock, some curly but most not. I had the machine turned off and was clearing "chips" when one string got caught on something, and sliced my finger almost to the bone. (pic available on request haha)
my question is, since I have a large supply of almost free 416, is there a insert tool that can keep this from happening "stringing" i mean. Or is there a way to grind my hss to keep this from doing it? I have read the term chipbreaker insert, and I am thinking that this is what they prevent.....
any help would be appreciated, from my wife especially.... appearantly she doesn't like to get get awakened to be told I'm going to the ER...
I was turning 416 stainless with hss ground tool. It didn't chip like regular steel. It produced long strings of turned off stock, some curly but most not. I had the machine turned off and was clearing "chips" when one string got caught on something, and sliced my finger almost to the bone. (pic available on request haha)
my question is, since I have a large supply of almost free 416, is there a insert tool that can keep this from happening "stringing" i mean. Or is there a way to grind my hss to keep this from doing it? I have read the term chipbreaker insert, and I am thinking that this is what they prevent.....
any help would be appreciated, from my wife especially.... appearantly she doesn't like to get get awakened to be told I'm going to the ER...

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