Mini Lathe Basics Facing Off

Are you a new owner of a mini lathe? Then this might be the video for you. this is the third in a series of videos where I'll be covering basic lathe operations that you'll need to master to become a machining wizard. Starting with facing off as it is the easiest and first procedure you'll need to learn.
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[@m.m.7511]

You should have done facing off and center drilling all in one video....

[@bikersoncall]

Thanks Joe, that gives me a starting point,

[@bikersoncall]

Thanks, I'm in the shopping stage for

[@Sternhammer89]

Hi Joe - I've watched a few of your videos and have come back to this one with a question. How do you face off and do further work on a piece of round bar that greatly exceeds the minimum stick out? I am making a tool that is 155mm long and I have a piece of bar 160mm with a very rough cut edge. I only have a fixed centre, but do have a centre support?

[@electronicperformer1]

My mini lathe won't clear off the very center of thw workpiece. What do I need to adjust?

[@bikersoncall]

Hi Joe, thanks,

[@larrybud]

How flat is that face, really? When you were backing out your cutter, it took a few more cuts, then stopped cutting, then a few more cuts their the major diameter.