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I have been reading a lot about parting off and the problems associated with parting. To be quite frank I am not very good at parting off. After getting less than stellar results whenever I try to part off I usually end up resorting to my trusty hacksaw. Not pretty but it gets the job done and facing off the rough cut is no big deal.
A common solution echoed on this forum and others is to part off from the backside. I have searched high and low without much success looking for ways to mount a parting tool to cut from the backside. All I find are lathes that come with an extended cross slide with slots on the backside to mount a parting tool. But I have found nothing for your typical lathe like my craftsman 12x36. Not even DIY/homemade solutions.
The only thing that I can think of is to make a part that would fit on the dovetails of the cross slide to hold the parting tool. But how would you go about attaching this to the cross slide? Would it need gibs? Has anybody done this?
A common solution echoed on this forum and others is to part off from the backside. I have searched high and low without much success looking for ways to mount a parting tool to cut from the backside. All I find are lathes that come with an extended cross slide with slots on the backside to mount a parting tool. But I have found nothing for your typical lathe like my craftsman 12x36. Not even DIY/homemade solutions.
The only thing that I can think of is to make a part that would fit on the dovetails of the cross slide to hold the parting tool. But how would you go about attaching this to the cross slide? Would it need gibs? Has anybody done this?