I have a 2 inch diameter aluminum cylinder, 2 inched long mounted on a steel shaft. The cylinder is bored to 5/8 and the shaft is 5/8. Additionally I have drilled and tapped a hole for a set screw to retain the cylinder firmly on the shaft. The shaft is acting like an arbor, it is held in place on the spindle by a collet and by a live center for good measure on the tailstock end.
I am turning the diameter of the cylinder down from 2 inches to 1 inch. The cutter is a 1/2 inch carbide 'square' end, the tool post is an AXA.
Cutting is smooth, the surface is clean. However if I don't change any settings and run the apron back and forth it keeps cutting very thin chips for up to 10 passes.
Why does the tool keep taking these very thin cuts? (I am holding the cross slide and compound slide firmly away from the work just to keep it from 'walking')
I am turning the diameter of the cylinder down from 2 inches to 1 inch. The cutter is a 1/2 inch carbide 'square' end, the tool post is an AXA.
Cutting is smooth, the surface is clean. However if I don't change any settings and run the apron back and forth it keeps cutting very thin chips for up to 10 passes.
Why does the tool keep taking these very thin cuts? (I am holding the cross slide and compound slide firmly away from the work just to keep it from 'walking')