Wood Turning 101: Using a Homemade Tool Rest
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2021
- Elia does much of his turning on wooden tool rests. Here he talks about how they are made and some of their pros and cons. The full recording of the class is available by donation: handtoolwoodworking.com/onlin...
As someone who is new to wood turning and I had no idea that wooden ones would last such a long time. The next modification for me will be to add a wooden tool rest. Such a great video.
I think you'll like it!
Thank you. Will have to build one.
That was a new thing for me to notice watching a Curtis Buchanon episode.
I have an old, old, old probably too light weight 4-speed pulley lathe with a ridiculous 5/8 horsepower motor that I have never stalled yet. Squealed the pulleys with a couple of roughing woopsies though. (Apparently horses were much stronger in the 1950's). Got it in the early 90's and it's been good.
Anyway I welded a 7/8" round steel T rest early on when I quickly realized how futile using the 6" rest that came with the lathe was. It's about 14" and I thought that was such an improvement... While it was still annoying at times lathe use was occasional enough to not be a problem. Recently, chairs, benches, and a few other things keep getting me firing up the lathe and I need a rest at least as long as the tenons of a windsor chair leg. I was curious about truing up a split maple blank on one side and sending it through the table saw to 'see if it would work' and now I have seen twice that indeed it does work!
Love this. I need a long rest for my leg turnings. Just bought my first lathe. I got an old Myford from the 50’s. Loving it!!!