Hello, at one point I thought there was a forum for this, but I'll see if there are any LL people who can help me out....


I have a stock of 2" Aluminum round in my lathe. I have a 1" hole in the center. Now I need to part it off (it's that of the band saw).

Well I only have on hand the parting tool that was given to me with the lathe, and it looks like a thin piece of steel, about 1/8" thick, about 3/4" wide and about 6" long. One side is 90 degrees, the other is at an angle.

Now I have the tool with the angled side down and toward the work with the point on axis and the tool about 2" extended from the tool holder. I'm running about 300 or so RPM, and the thing will chatter like made, and then catch the work.


Anyone have a suggestion?