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I wrote facing in the front side and top on top. You should see facing on the front of the tool holder. The same goes for the turning tool.Here is a closeup of the facing tool
Looking at this pic the tool needs to rotate 90 degrees CCW. Then you should see facing on the front.
Next square your tool post up to the chuck for starters.
This is set up for facing.
The most important thing is that you have your tool dead center of your work piece. Easiest way to do that is put a dead center in your tail stock and spin the tool post around so you can line up the very top tip of the tool with the point of the dead center then you square the tool post back square to the chuck.
The video I sent you is the tool you have in your hand, turning that is.
Get the tool bits oriented correctly and you should have no problem getting mirrored finishes. I was turning around 1100 rpm
For brass the top of the tool should be flat with no grinding on it.
Hope this helps
Jeff
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