Hello,
I got one of the 9X20 chinese lathes from HF ... I did some mods to it - (according to a lot of owners) - but it seems that I cannot overpass the fact that I cannot cut (or part) ...
What happened is - I have for example an inch diameter bar A-36 steel and try to cut let's say - an inch out of it. I am using a cutting tool - (yes it is sharp) - it starts cutting - I can see the curl coming out but quickly will stop - I believe that the correct terminology is "dig in" If I feed very very very slow is better - but it will take me 5 min to cut that 1 inch.
So the cutting tool does not go "under" the material is just stuck - looks like it got in just too much. I do position exactly next to the chuck to eliminate whateverallignment issue.
I did try fast speeds, slow speeds - it works better on 160 rpm
What am I doing wrong ?
Thank you