"Snag" wrote:

Wear a leather glove on the hand you crank the carriage with . A short stiff
boring bar works well to hold the cutter - be sure it's centered in the bore
or the keyway will be angled ... I ground a couple of degrees of relief on
my cutter last time I did this .

Just realized I can use a boring bar. My biggest bar only holds a .250 bit but I figure I
can slide the tool holder up and down my AXA post to finish out the sides.

I'll use minimum overhang.


Thanks,

Wes
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