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Old 07-02-2015, 07:53 PM
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It's a knurling tool made to do that. Most have two small rollers with grooves on the outside of the rollers. The one in the pic is a diamond pattern, some are just straight lines. Takes quite a bit of pressure pushing the two rollers into the part to be knurled. And yes you don't turn the lathe very fast.
Correct. It takes a sturdy machine to form knurls.

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Sorry Jeff I don't type very fast
I must "hunt and peck" with two fingers faster than you
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