"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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Jon Elson wrote in
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Doug Miller wrote:



Many thanks to all who responded -- I now have multiple solutions
for the next time I'm in this situation. I'm a very experienced
woodworker, but I'm sure you all realize that I'm just a beginner
in the metal shop, and I learned a lot from reading your
responses.
Well, we pretty much guessed that, as this is actually a VERY
common problem
in turning operations. Any time you are turning a tube, unless the
wall is
REALLY thick, it will happen to some extent.

And turning a tube isn't a real common operation on a wood lathe, so
this was completely
outside my experience.

There are all sorts of ways to deal with it, up to even wire EDM.

Where SWMBO works, they have a plasma cutter, but I figured that was
overkill.

One easy way is an abrasive cutoff disk in a table saw. I set the disk
as low as possible and the drive belt loose to reduce problems with
jamming.