Long Tom
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- Joined
- Aug 21, 2011
- Location
- Fiddlefart, Oregon
Haven't worked between centers much but I'm bidding a job for (500) bronze castings that have a spigot that needs turned down... at that quantity cycle time will be key, and my lathe is stout, so I'd like to take the material in fairly big cuts, roughly .125" off diameter at a pass. The center/drive dog I made for the spindle side has a shoulder so it can't push back into the 5c collet under tool pressure... so I can get the part nice and tight between the centers... but I was a bit skeered <grin> to really push it on the test pieces I had on hand. I will of course push the envelope if I get the job, but since this is new territory for me I'm hoping for any advice RE: what goes wrong in this scenario.
I know how things can crash when taking big cuts with work held in chucks, cause I've done it, but I haven't pushed work between centers to the crash point.
So the nut of my question is I guess "how secure is work between centers in terms of taking big cuts".
Thanks guys!!
I know how things can crash when taking big cuts with work held in chucks, cause I've done it, but I haven't pushed work between centers to the crash point.
So the nut of my question is I guess "how secure is work between centers in terms of taking big cuts".
Thanks guys!!