Bob Engelhardt wrote:

One of the shafts on my rototiller-in-rehab was so badly rusted that I
decide to turn it smooth. I've never been able to get very smooth
cuts on the lathe, but with a file afterwards I've managed to get
smooth-enough. Not this time:
http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/LatheCut.jpg

That is untouched after the cut (except for my fondling it!) I can't
believe it. 'Must have been the material - it was hard, if that would
make a difference.

Oh, that felt good,
Bob

I have a nonrigid South Bend 9" lathe. Usually my stuff looks like it was
gnawed out by a turkey weasel but occasionally I get a result like Bob's.
The thing is, normally I'm just using whatever stock I have around, A36
or something. When I get chrome-like results I'm machining tool steel.

Big difference.

Grant

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