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 > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.