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No the thing that is changing on the x axis is the SFPM. As you get closer to center you SFPM drops to zero. What you would want to do is keep constant SFPM if you lathe can do that sort of thing.

If you are making a punch and die you most definitely need tool steel. Case hardened steel will fail miserably. The soft steel under the case will move and the case will crack in dramatic fashion.