You cut the bar on your lathe????????????
Yeah, those bar things at the bottom are great for clamping things to!
I had a quick shot with it on the bit of wood left on my chuck after parting off - it cuts through end grain like butter! I had a beautiful ribbon of wood coming off.
I might change the end of it a bit, at the moment the cutter sits on top of the bar. I may try to recess it a little, but I want to make sure I leave enough meat on the bar for the screw to grip.
I was also going to burn the markings into the end of the tool, but for the life of me I couldn't find any wire around the garage, and couldn't wait to put it together! I think I will make some more of these with different cutters, and will code the ends of the handles so I can tell which is which when only the end is sticking out of the shavings
Steven, thanks for giving me that cutter!
Alan