[Mart]

Thanks Murre.

The tool is home made and uses a small left hand lathe tool modified to fit. It has changeable tips. It cuts pretty well without chattering.

My first test cut was bigger than intended I accidentally went to +105 from +30 in one go! Whoops. The tool coped well, but the motor cut out.

I just went from +30 to +60 in one go. It seemed ok but I have not really measured it properly at multiple points.

I'll try it again in two steps and go 20 then a 10. Does that sound like a better idea? Or maybe 25 then 5?

Thanks for your help.

Edit after reading Gosfast reply:

Yeah, I don't fancy honing 5 thou. I want to hone as little as possible.

I do have an auto switch off so I hope I can use that for the ledge for the sleeve.

No auto retract, but I did manage to remove the tip from the tool as a test to see if that would be one way of doing it.

Please understand I am not trying to build a state of the art flatty, I'm just trying to get that crusty flatty I bought to run. The budget for this little adventure is virtually non existant.

I do appreciate all the input though, knowing how it is supposed to be done is great.

Mart.