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"You can't cut all the way thru in the lathe or bad things will happen. DAMHIKT." Yep. Been there & done that. Many years ago in my toolmaking days I was parting off a large chunk of stock in a lathe & the offcut got jammed between a Chuck jaw & the compound, stopping the machine instantly. Trashed a couple gears, a splined shaft, & broke the compound in half. Only damaged the machine luckily. Months later at Christmas time my co-workers gave mea large wrapped box, inside were the gears welded to the shaft & mounted to a stand with an engraved plate that said "right about there". Sheesh... John
Nice big chunk o metal - wash it too!