Do you think that one could take a really interrupted cut - cutting the OD
of automotive crankshaft counterweights to a smaller OD - in forged EN-19
hardened steel? The hardening is a surface treatment (nitriding, or
equivalent), but I suspect the steel is damn tough. I know it can be done,
because I've seen the end result, but could I do it with a SB 16" lathe? I
was thinking low rpms and 3/4" HSS tool. Diameter of the OD is about 8" or
so.
Brian
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18 years ago