trkremser

The blade has too many teeth. Should be 3 tpi or less.

I frequently use my South Bend 9A Lathe not only to turn wooden parts, but to make special metal hardware, bushings and trim bolts to length. I have also made a complete set of guide bushings for my router using 1/4" plexiglas disks cemented together to build up the appropriate thickness then turned and bored to the required size, threaded and held in place with a plexiglas threaded ring.