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