[modeleng] Re: Parting off-II

  • From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 06:12:50 -0800 (PST)

I've got them and many thanks, TEL, as a picture is
worth a lot of words!

Al


--- TEL <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Al, I've just sent you a little picture series I
> made this morning for you.
> 
> 
> > Many thanks to all the good sound advice you have
> > given, and I successfully parted off a couple of
> Brass
> > parts this morning.  PATIENCE----thy name is
> "Parting
> > Off"!
> >
> > This morning, I tried the Center Fielders' method:
> >
> catch-it-in-your-bare-hand-and-juggle-it-'til-cool-
> > enough-to-handle.  It worked pretty good as I was
> > using middle back gear and things did not get very
> > hot.
> >
> > Question:  Is it a rule that the entire length of
> the
> > parting off blade be held parallel to the
> crossslide
> > of the lathe as long as the "nose" of the blade is
> at
> > center height and moves in a straight line that is
> > parallel to the crossslide?  Am I making sense?
> >
> > Al Messer
> >
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