Method of machining a rotationally symmetric surface of a workpiece and turning apparatus

A method of machining a rotationally symmetric surface of a workpiece, said method comprising:

• rotationally driving said workpiece around a rotational axis,
• arranging a cutting tool with a cutting edge positioned at an edge of a rake face relative to said workpiece,
• bringing said cutting tool into contact with said workpiece, and
• advancing said cutting tool relative to said workpiece along a feed direction parallel to said rotational axis,
• wherein a normal to said rake face is tilted relative to said feed direction, a first axis and a second axis, the first axis and the second axis being perpendicular to the feed direction and perpendicular to each other,
• wherein a direction of said normal of said rake face is set to a direction (i) rotated around said first axis by an angle α from a start direction identical to a direction of said second axis, such that said normal from said rake face is directed to said feed direction and (ii) rotated around a third axis by an angle δ such that said normal from said rake face is directed to said feed direction, and said third axis corresponds to an axis which originally corresponds to said rotational axis and is rotated around said first axis by said angle α,
• wherein said angle α is in a range from 35° to 60°,
• wherein said angle δ is in a range from 0° to 15°, and
• wherein a feed rate of said cutting tool is in a range from 0.2 mm per revolution to 1.2 mm per revolution.