Quote Originally Posted by HiltonSteve View Post
Yes, i would say the tool is too high.

Put a centre drill or something with a point on in the chuck and offer the tool up to it when mounted in the tool post
Just to give some closure here, it is indeed a misalignment problem...



it's only out by a margin of something approaching six weeks! (ie not even close!)

Looks like I'm gonna have to get some smaller tools.

Thanks everyone ...hopefully some good came out of this thread (ie those videos for others that are clueless like myself!)