1st chips, no blood

[P. Waller]

At 4" you are good to go, any problems will happen inside the spindle, you may easily run such a small diameter at the maximum speed that the machine permits, I suspect that this is less then 5000 thousand Rpms.

Have at it.
Do not however hang 4' out of the back of a lathe without dedicated support, this will likely end in tears.

 

[MrWhoopee]

Do not however hang 4' out of the back of a lathe without dedicated support, this will likely end in tears.

And a trip to the emergency room. Didn't happen to me, but I had to change my shorts, clean up the mess and move the lathe back where it belonged.

 

[Creativechipper]

Very good to know, Thanks!!

My lathe only has a 21" then it hits the wall cabinet.

 

[DiscoDan]

Feels good, doesn't it! Did my first chips today too!

 

[Creativechipper]

Congrats on the chip making!!
Making things smaller one pass at a time..lol