Lathe

[randyb47]

I am in need of some help, I have a 1340 Jet lathe (not CNC) Can someone tell me what the feed levers and knobs do. I know they seem to speed up or slow down the carriage travel but what position should they be for just turning a peice of steel or aluminum?. I don't know what is going on. Never had a lathe before. I think I have decent turning tools (from MSC) When I am turning stock I get these little lines or grooves and if I try to sand them out my peice ends up to small. I am using the right tool and have tried both feed directions with the same results. Surely this cannot be this hard. Thank's for any input

[03ram2wd]

Hope this helps

http://content.wmhtoolgroup.com/manuals/321376_man.pdf

[randyb47]

Thank you for the reply, I did pick up a couple pointers from the site.