Clarke Lathe

[GeorgeD]

Hi Irving

I'm struggling here on the Lathe,basically I'm having trouble parting-off...the lathe judders and for the life of me can't understand why I'ts proving difficult to part-off?

Last nightI set the gibs as they were a bit loose,today I got some new tooling and blanks,I've tried parting-off at different speeds,the tool is marginally belowthe center...I used the live center to set the tool up.

Stainless Steel bar,had to cut the workpiece of with a grinder :lol:..it ain't funny:cry:

Any pointers as to whats wrong?

[GeorgeD]

Problem solved,it would seem these Lathes struggle to part-off on hard material and the only remedy is a roller bearing change for the naff standard ball bearings
that come standard.

Now I will have to change em,thank god I don't have to turn a bit off the larger spacer on the spindle because this model doesn't have it,only the thinner plastic spacers which are easily grinded down on a table grinder.