Recently I made some brass electrical contact pins 0.078" (2mm) in diameter. The best result was from turning to final diameter (from
0.093") with a series of short cuts very close to the collet.
It cuts fine with a nice sharp postitive rake HSS tool
Gunner
Gunner Asch fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
For 360, I get better cuts with zero rake.
Lloyd
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