My Fingers Are Grateful

I bought a parting tool for the lathe.  This is a very sharp thin blade that mounts on the cross-slide for cutting off pieces of the victim at precise locations. 

In the past, if i need to cut a small amount off of a tube, I had to either hold the tube closer to the blade than I preferred or if the amount was small enough, use the lathe to slowly plane off a few thousandths of an inch, again and again.

In this case, I needed to remove 1.85" from the PVC tube.  It was so elegant.