On 10/7/2012 8:02 PM, whit3rd wrote:
On Saturday, October 6, 2012 5:11:12 PM UTC-7, asdfasdf wrote:
I have a 10" South Bend lathe (serial RKL) that I'm having a problem with. I've used it to turn small pieces until now. I was making a shaft about 5.25" long and .75 diameter. I kept checking the diameter and was satisfied at the tailstock end but found that headstock end was about .008" larger. I am not using the tailstock

Is it possible that the flex of the workpiece caused the issue?
If the tool rake exerts a pull, that'd do it. What orientation
was the cutting edge presenting to the work?


It was 90 degrees to the work. Now I'm thinking my problem is
play between the carriage and the ways. I'm taking it all apart
and cleaning and adjusting it.