Before I start could I just say that I still have not yet received th
highly recommended amateur lathe books from Amazon, therefore I am stil
in the dark to a certain extent. So please, once again, forgive m
ignorance, and if you can?t do that, then pretend you haven?t read thi
thread and don?t reply!
After considering the advice given to me previously, I purchased
cheap 8 piece set of HSS tools from RDG to practice on, but I?
confused about the so called ?finishing tool? which is pointed.
I am trying to get the best possible surface finish on a brass tes
piece. I assume a high chuck speed combined with the lowest possibl
feed rate? I cannot see how you can achieve a good finish with
pointed tool. Surely you are just creating a very fine thread eve
under these conditions, therefore the surface of the piece feels rough
I found an old tool with a semi-circular form, which I assumed woul
give a better finish ? it did ? an almost mirror finish.
So my question is: How do you get such a finish with my ?pointed
finishing tool (or any other tool other than one with a cutting fac
which is wider than the ?pitch? of the feed rate?
Also, and anyone point me to a good online explanation of *exactly* ho
to use the thread pitch indicator on the Myford ML7?
Thanks in advance,
Garth
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