First cuts with the lathe

First cuts with the lathe

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18 June 2025 at 22:53 #803492
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Diamond file is good for rounding the vertical edge
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18 June 2025 at 22:56 #803494
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Diamond file is good for rounding thd vertical edge. 1/4″ sq tools are a lot easier to grind and plenty stiff enough for small cuts whilst learning
18 June 2025 at 23:15 #803497
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On 18 June 2025 at 19:13 Howard Lewis Said:

Cutter? Surely lathes have tools and toolbits and milling machines have cutters? The difference being cutters rotate while tools and toolbits remain stationary? (Not sure where that leaves shapers though?)

While most of us are trying help a newbie, can the above please be moved to pedants corner.

Pedagogy not pedantry! Teaching a “newbie” incorrect terminology is not helpful in the long run.
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