Today I was making some 2" OD x 0.05" thick washers from 1018 barstock on my lathe using a 1/8" X 1" parting tool in an Aloris cut off holder. Just as I was remarking to myself how many washers I'd cut with this HS steel tool, (about 25), the dam tool chipped, and as cross feed was on, the tool caught and locked up the bar stock. Didn't stop the lathe of course, it kept on turning as the chuck started chewing up the other end of the bar stock before I could hit the brake. Scared the hell out of me. Here is the question: Does anyone make a cut off tool, (insert type), that would fit the CXA Aloris cutoff holder and still cut 1" deep? The lathe is a Leblond 19" and the Aloris tool post and the original four sided tool post are the only tool postsI have.
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18 years ago