04-05-2013, 08:56 PM
Steve
If it starts out cutting fine, it may be binding. Is the tool perfectly square to the work, and perpendicular, ie the bottom is going directly into the cut? Is there any chance the tool has a tapper in it, thinner at the tip. Try feeding faster right from the start, I'm not familiar with smaller lathes but sounds like you'd stall the spindle before anything broke.
If it starts out cutting fine, it may be binding. Is the tool perfectly square to the work, and perpendicular, ie the bottom is going directly into the cut? Is there any chance the tool has a tapper in it, thinner at the tip. Try feeding faster right from the start, I'm not familiar with smaller lathes but sounds like you'd stall the spindle before anything broke.
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Greg
Greg