What do you call the lathe operation when, instead of 'facing' a piece of stock mounted into a chuck, you plunge into the face? I have a piece of 4" steel mounted up and I'm trying to carve out a cylinder about 2" deep from the face while leaving a 3/4" stud standing out from the center.
I'm trying to do it with a HSS steel cutter with a flat face (appropriate relief angles ground into the cutter).
I'm trying to get the hole roughed out enough that I can use a boring bar for final clean up....but dang this isn't going well. LOT's of chatter and shaking.
Anyone have a hint?
I'm trying to do it with a HSS steel cutter with a flat face (appropriate relief angles ground into the cutter).
I'm trying to get the hole roughed out enough that I can use a boring bar for final clean up....but dang this isn't going well. LOT's of chatter and shaking.
Anyone have a hint?
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