Damn. my dad was cutting off a mounting block (round stock with
dovetails) and the cut-off tool wasn't set right, probably too high. I
could hear it rubbing on the part. He launched the cut-off insert into
never-never land, plus damaged the lower "jaw".

Looks like a "T" blade is in my future, I can't afford to let him learn
that way. Course, he's hard of hearing, so he probably didn't hear the
death scream...

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:08:44 -0600, Louis Ohland wrote:

Damn. my dad was cutting off a mounting block (round stock with
dovetails) and the cut-off tool wasn't set right, probably too high. I
could hear it rubbing on the part. He launched the cut-off insert into
never-never land, plus damaged the lower "jaw".

Looks like a "T" blade is in my future, I can't afford to let him learn
that way. Course, he's hard of hearing, so he probably didn't hear the
death scream...


Make a centre height gauge before it's too late.


Mark Rand
RTFM

Center height gauge? Like the Redding I have with the bubble on the
top of a "K", place the inner part of the K on the workpiece and the
ledge on the other side on the top of the cutting tool?

Mark Rand wrote:
Make a centre height gauge before it's too late.

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:17:45 -0600, Louis Ohland wrote:

Center height gauge? Like the Redding I have with the bubble on the
top of a "K", place the inner part of the K on the workpiece and the
ledge on the other side on the top of the cutting tool?


Either that, or one that stands on the ways of the lathe and has been adjusted
to the centre height of that lathe.

Oh, and get your dad to use it :-)



Mark Rand
RTFM