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I had to make some oilite bushings with very thin walls -(something like .125 on 1.5" OD dia. bushings). I was going along just fine turning the OD (had already done the ID) on the secone one and it broke into about 5 pieces. I suppose my cuter was getting a little dull and I was (obvisouly) using too much pressure (depth of cut). But even being very careful I broke another one. I finally made sleeve to slip over the finished OD (not clamped by the chuck) and cut the ID. The sleeve gave enough support that I didn't have any more trouble.