So today was a success! With a few minor issues...
I adjusted the 4WTP to be at a 45 Deg angle... and this gave me just enough room to get the tool in along the length of the bar, and get my narrow grooves into it. In the pic you can see I put two of these narrow grooves right beside each other as a test... ouch, SHARP!
I am happy with that.. what I am not happy though, was with my live-center I imported from China. First thing today I did was some testing with a center-drill bit on the end, (my arbour was almost too long, I had to unwind the tailstock sooooo far out to just hold the taper in. LOL). But looking at the Live Center I purchased Brand New from China was a disaster. This piece is damaged, banged up, and has rust on it. What the hell, this is what you call something NEW? And the bearings are rather harsh.. this is definitely not using Swiss or German bearings. And to finally slap me in the face... the damn thing of course did NOT turn when I was working with it today. I instead ended up using some oil and used the live center as a dead center. Ughhhhh.
Trump, you better damn well make America great again, because this Chinese import **** sucks! LOL. If I can't settle for the old functional Made in USA anymore, I'm going to have to switch to the over-engineered European machinery, and German stuff is way too out of budget for what I was hoping for hobby wise.
Ohh, and in case you haven't noticed, I'm using one of my rulers as a shim, (ahah) and even then it's far too off center. I'll see about going to a CHINESE dollarstore tomorrow and finding something else to shim with, these places are taking over the country over here....
I also want to experiment with some polishing plans... I will try a few methods maybe starting tomorrow.