Mini Lathes and their capability

[irving2008]

The issue with your post George wasnt that the video was bad, but that you were critical of the individual doing what is a perfectly normal machining operation, which said more about you than it did about the video...

we all love to criticise and critique others (go search for CNC Crash on youtube for instance... but dont post them here, we've all seen them) but sometimes there's a perfectly good reason for doing something in a way that at first sight seems wrong... you should see some of the lashups I've done to get a result... though I'd not be silly enough to post them online!

On the toolpost issue, I thought at first you meant rear toolpost but then I realised you didnt... but putting the cutter to the right side of the toolpost might be acceptable to get nearer to the tailstock on a long part supported in centres...