"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
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Gunner wrote:
Positive or negative rake tooling?

Positive, 'cause that's all I have.

I tell 'ya, I should just quit now, sell my lathe. I'm never going to get a
cut like that again and I'm going to be forever dissatisfied.

Bob


With exactly the same set-up but a different steel, you will get a different
finish. Have you ever seen the finish left by a carbide burnishing tool?
Finnish only counts if the dimensions and geometry are right first.