The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hey hey, firing this thread back up - I just got my spring scale in the mail and measuring the weight that was used on my most recent cut, Im hitting right around 50g using a presto 8n lathe with sapphire needle in a van eps duotone cutter head. trying to get it any lighter than that makes the cutti...

Re-igniting this thread as I am trying to also figure out the LPI of my feedscrew. Recently picked up an 8N off a friend but he was not sure of the LPI. The things I know, I can cut just over 14 minutes a side (thats probably not useful info), and the TPI of the feedscrew is 16. The above math total...

Whats up whats up! Im Aaron C Schroeder, stoked to be starting my embossing journey with you all! I was lucky enough to pick up a super beautiful Presto 6n with Van Eps Duotone cutter head from a dear friend here in Seattle (Ballard represent!) WA and am only a few weeks in to working with it but so...