Yet another parting-off question

Thanks for replies - it's been an interesting discussion, for me at least. My thanks to all who contributed.

I think that the short answer to my question is given by:

Posted by JasonB on 17/05/2020 11:58:20:

The lathe is comfortable with it but the OP is using a tool best suited to a smaller machine and smaller diameters, I note you are using 3mm and probably 26 or 32mm deep which as has been shown will be upto the job and already suggested by others

His question was "can I part 3" with the right tool", answer is that 3" can be parted with the right tool unlike the wrong tool he has, rest is up to him.

Edited By JasonB on 17/05/2020 12:00:40

So I shall buy a 3mm tool and see how I get along with that.

At the moment I don't want to go for a rear toolpost. The lathe doesn't have a slotted cross slide, so some surgery would be involved. It could be done of course, but given the size of lathe I have it seems that I should be able to do this conventionally with the right tooling and technique.

I'm iffy about parting under power - I had a phase of doing that, and it was wonderful when it worked, but catastrophic when it didn't. I like having the manual feedback. I've avoided some catastrophes (not the present one obviously!) by just 'feeling' how the tool is cutting and adjusting feed rate accordingly.

Ketan at ARC - thanks for the link to the previous thread about the parting tools you sell. Interesting reading. I'm sure that I'm not alone in welcoming 'inside info' about the way you test products before marketing - and I accept responsibility entirely for destroying the tool by pushing the NCIH 19-2 beyond your advertised limit. I'll order up a 3mm tool and try to break it.

Robin.

Edited By Robin Graham on 20/05/2020 22:05:54