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Depending entirely on the work holding I turn 303 using the same feeds and speeds as mild steel, 400-700 FPM , .050-.100" DOC and .015-.020"...

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This lathe has spindle control levers at the head stock and on the apron, the one at the head stock is used when the carriage is 60" down the bed...

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The name Chucker Lathe has a wide range of meaning in the business, some consider any CNC lathe without a tailstock a chucker, tooling may be gang or...

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Ya think?...

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Wedge inserts, they are not brazed in use, there is nothing to stop someone from doing so however, this makes them difficult to change (-:...

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I do not know if you use one Doc but a coaxial indicator is an excellent tool for setting drill holders in a gang tool lathe, (or any lathe) beats the...

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You may do short OD turning with a RH boring bar from the back of the part with the spindle in reverse, simply move the tool to the bore and reverse the...

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Indeed.
I have a very nice MHB 24th edition that has not been used in 10 years, I once tried to give it away here.

Everyone that expressed...

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$20.00 freight is not "free".

Over the 20+ years that I have been bombing around hobby machinists forums it appears that free means...

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I have been running a new lathe for the last 8 months or so, it currently has a 4 position automatic tool turret.

The software will support...

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Have been using insert tooling for 30+ years.

Never take the last insert out of the packaging and discard the package, this tells you who...

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Schedule 80 material, rather thick walls made them quite secure held in a 4 jaw and steady rest.

Part to length, .200" wide insert parting...

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I prefer ASTM class 50.5 iron for machine components subject to vibration in use. 35.8 iron is suitable for lathe component use that are not directly...

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CPVC pipe in a steady rest, worked better then expected considering that the material is far from "round".

Several parts
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Form tool, similar to an endmill with the feature ground into the end.

If thousands are required one may also incorporate the thread diameter...

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I always calculated a speed to start a job 25 years before ever touching a CNC machine.
The same principals apply, cutting speeds remain the same...

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This is a nice starting range of speeds for different tooling and materials, many home shop machines lack the spindle speed to implement these numbers...

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This is a new low dollar lathe that I have been running since this past March, it sports a 4 position horizontal tool turret, it is simply a 4-way that...

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Start slow and work the speed up from one part to the next, by the time that you reach the 50th part you will have it figured out (-:

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How cute that is (-:...