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Thanks for all of the great ways to check. I will try today with a dial indicator. The first cuts cut equally all the way, other than the fact I was a little off centre on the tailstock end. I welded 4 nuts to a piece of plate and put that to the inside and then tacked the pipe to the plate. I sharpened the tool for the last pass. It took all afternoon to make three passes on 48". I cleaned the ways after each pass and put more way oil on.
Could it have been backlash in the cross slide? I had chips on the first passes, but the third pass I was getting long cuttings coming off. I had a long handled hook that I was pulling them back and it felt like the cross slide pulled back, but not sure. That's when it stopped cutting.
Could it have been backlash in the cross slide? I had chips on the first passes, but the third pass I was getting long cuttings coming off. I had a long handled hook that I was pulling them back and it felt like the cross slide pulled back, but not sure. That's when it stopped cutting.