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Nice job on the material support. How did you get a 12' stick from your supplier to the shop? Like you I often buy complete lengths but find it difficult to get them home without at least cutting them in half. Occasionally I have them cut a bit longer if looking to get multiple specific lengths for projects. My supplier has a huge sign stating "$1.00 Per Cut No Exceptions". In over 25 years of buying material from him I've yet to be charged for a single cut.
I had that happen with a 3/4" diameter bar of copper, the 16" American Pacemaker was well secured to the floor, and only a bit of paint was scratched up and some stock lost where it bent 90 degrees, ne bosses knew about it ---I would look at getting a horizontal bandsaw. There are numerous incidents/repots of supported stock sticking out the spindle similar to what you have, and if the bar starts to oscillate and then suddenly flexes, it either whips the operator to dearth, destroys the lathe and a number of cases where the bar breaks and hit someone else in the shop. At least have some form of captive system that bar can't jump away from the two lower rollers. A horizontal bandsaw has saved me an enormous amount of time in cutting stock, vs. trying to do it on the lathe or mill.
Then, when the stock starts to whip, it can launch the whole shebang across the shop!At least, put a strap across the top to trap the stock.
I agree with Mark. I made a couple of parts for a friend a few years ago, and he gave me a rather old, but very functional horizontal bandsaw. All my rough cuts are done on that saw - round stock or square. WAY safer than long pieces on the lathe. Ask me how I know.I would look at getting a horizontal bandsaw. There are numerous incidents/repots of supported stock sticking out the spindle similar to what you have, and if the bar starts to oscillate and then suddenly flexes, it either whips the operator to dearth, destroys the lathe and a number of cases where the bar breaks and hit someone else in the shop. At least have some form of captive system that bar can't jump away from the two lower rollers. A horizontal bandsaw has saved me an enormous amount of time in cutting stock, vs. trying to do it on the lathe or mill.