16mm tools in the WM250V lathe

I have just taken the first couple of cuts with 16mm tooling in my Warco WM250V lathe.

These have been the best I have ever had. The tool easily removed more metal in one go than I was comfortable doing before, and without trying, the surface finish is better than I have had before. 

The photo shows what was supposed to be a roughing cut. Better than any of my previous tools.

The WM250V is intended to take a maximum of 12mm tooling, which is what I have been using up until now.

The reason I tried this is that I had noticed that the T51 quick change tool post I have was just large enough to fit 16mm tooling and I took a chance that there was enough height adjustment to centre a 16mm tool. I had already replaced some of the tool holders with longer M8 grub screws to be able to centre and lock the 12mm tooling reliably. Those same M8x40mm grub screws gave me enough movement to adjust the 16mm tooling.

It's a bit close with the bottom edge, having only about 0.5mm movement left, but, as they say, "clearance is clearance."

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