Today in the shop (lathe tool modification)

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reible
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Yep remember reading that online, Alan Lacer. Do remember the tool I'm showing is a flat tool.... His tools are not that way.

Ed

beeg wrote:From various sources. The bevel should be about 40° or one and one half the length of the thickness of the tool. From toe to heel it should be about 70°. On the rounded skew, the rounded portion should be on the lower third.
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I put a radius on two of my skews
a 1 inch and 1/2 inch.

They perform beautifully, glad I did it.
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