Subject: Re: Setting boring tool...

From: [email-masked] (Peter Brooks)
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 18:25:40 GMT

Try setting the bit so that the flat end travels forward--in other words,
you'll be cutting with the outside corner.  I've had good results with
zero rake (set by eye) on the bit, at least while machining 6061 aluminum.
I've been boring steel on the lathe, so no help there.

Pete Brooks