How to slow down power feed?

[Wongster]

Ed,

Amended to read 0.02mm... sorry, missed out one 0... is this still too much? I've no feel all these while how much is too much.

I started without the support as the proxxon lathe tool I was using is too broad to fit between the live centre and the end of the stock. It was only when I swap over to the carbide insert tool that the live centre was brought in. Unfortunately, the tailstock is those fixed type which can't be adjusted. With and without tailstock, I've the taper... enough on the 3-jaw chuck. When I was cutting 1" long piece of steel, I'll have about 0.03mm of taper.

Rust will be bad.... Will it be bad if I sand them off using 1500 grit sandpaper with the flange spinning?

Wong