Parting Off Blues

[Julie Ann]

On Julie Ann Said:

On SillyOldDuffer Said:

…Takes a real man to part-off on a mini-lathe!

Oh dear, just as well I don’t have a mini-lathe then.

Julie

No offence intended: I assumed you knew that “Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult…”

🙂

Dave

 

[Julie AnnParticipant @julieann]

No offence taken; it was a tongue in cheek comment. 😀

Julie

[Martin ConnellyParticipant @martinconnelly55370]

My lathe has bronze bearings and as time goes on they do wear slightly, luckily they are adjustable. I can tell when they need adjusting as there start to be problems of slight chatter and definitely problems with grooving and parting. Adjust the tapered bearing further into the taper and the problems go away. My point in telling you this is that if you have poor bearings or poorly adjusted bearings then they can be the source of parting problems.

Martin C

[Ian Skeldon 2Participant @ianskeldon2]

Slightly off topic but mentioned a few posts back, I recently bought some paraffin from B&Q, I think they sell if for their patio heaters.

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