Hi All
Well that was almost rather interesting (not)
A Meter long lump of 50mm Steel bar. Cos it came in Meter Lengths.
I need 16 mm.....
Slow the lathe right down. Minimum speed and Back gear in.
Couple of Raising blocks to support the bar at the tail end. Clamped the bar in the 3 jaw.
Slid the Steady down to the chuck and adjusted it.
Slid it back to nearish the other end (I planned to part off 100mm) and bolted it down, Top Clamp on and set the top finger.
Quick double check and decided to just nudge the end of the bar with the tail and a centre just in case it came out of the chuck.
1/8 parting tool was the order of the day.
Touched the bar with the tool, The bar lifted up and threw itself on the floor.
WTF was my first reaction, closely followed by removing myself from a large lump of falling metal.
As I slid the Steady up, the Bed clamp had twisted so i'd not clamped the steady to the bed.
Tomorrow I will take said bar to a mate who has my Band Saw !
No harm or damage done thankfully
