Rear Toolpost Parting Off on C3 Mini Lathe?

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Ok Guys, to put the cat amongst the pigeons – look at the 2 1/4″ EN1A starter pulley on this:

That groove was made entirely using a 3/32″ HSS parting tool on my mini lathe. Not a scarp of carbide in sight, nor rear toolpost. Yesterday I was parting off  3/4″ medium carbon steel with the same tool and it was just rolling up into neat round spirals.

 

I think the main thing is having the courage to really feed the tool into the work, instead of just gingerly poking it. If only the mini-lathe motor had the grunt to keep going at modest speed and high power without overheating

 

But it proves the basic lathe is solid and sound.

 

Neil

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