mmatisoff
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I'm new to the world of mini lathes (or any lathe). Last evening (and the evening before that) I sat down to practice cutting steel and brass. Everything went well so long as I didn't put too much pressure on the graver. The slightest pressure on the metal being cut by moving the graver and cross-slide forward made the graver slip under the metal that I'm trying to cut. I tried raising the graver a little to see if that would help, but it didn't cut any better.
I want to pare down a steel nail to form an arbor and pivot. I've seen it done a couple of times using a watchmaker's lathe; but, I want to do the same thing with my Taig mini lathe. Any advice is much appreciated.
I want to pare down a steel nail to form an arbor and pivot. I've seen it done a couple of times using a watchmaker's lathe; but, I want to do the same thing with my Taig mini lathe. Any advice is much appreciated.