Oil grooves are ... you’ve got the proper tool. We figure [Machine Mechanic] must need to cut a lot of them, as they spent quite a bit of time perfecting this custom lathe attachment to automate ...

A chance encounter with Horn USA application engineer Brett Kischnick satisfied that interest with a new tooling approach that cut cycle time ... questions about lathe grooving – asked the operator ...

Cutting grooves on a manual lathe often produces chatter that transfers into workpieces and causes poor surface finishes. And the larger the groove, the more chatter. Cutting grooves on a manual lathe ...