When parting on the lathe, avoid letting the parts fall.

I made a hand crank for my South Bend lathe for inside threading (it has a screw-on chuck so I'd rather not run it in reverse) and have used it for the last little bit of a "scary" parting-off (large diameter steel part had to be supported by the tail stock so the part was trapped between the stock and the live center) and it parted-off just fine under hand power. Whatever works!
 
levitation .... Float your part...

Please post a picture of your fantastic parting tool.
Like someone said. Great looking job.
 
I never considered that, hopefully I'll remember it if I find myself parting off something large enough to get stuck. Next step is figuring out what that size is... Thanks for the PSA!

GsT
 
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