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I am needing to make a piece of twisted .375 cold rolled steel. Think like a fence picket. I need to do it cold and it needs to be as straight as I can get it. It will end up being about 15" long with 1:8 or so twist. I went by a local shop that does this kind of thing but the guy said he didn't have a holder that small but they usually just do it in their lathe. So my question is first would twisting stock like this in my lathe (obviously on the lowest speed) be safe on my lathe as far as not damaging the machine. I have a WT 13" x 40" Geared Head Lathe Second question has anyone done something like this and any tips?
Thanks,
Jeff
Thanks,
Jeff