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Default Basic question about roughing om a lathe


Tom Gardner nospam wrote:
You need to order my: " SPEED/FEED SMOKE COLOR CHART" available for $9.95 -
Visa/MC accepted. Use it to maximize your feed rates based on the color of
the smoke being produced.


Ideally, the smoke should come from the chips and
burning cutting oil. If it comes from the motor or drive
belts, you need to back off just a tad...

--Glenn Lyford