Building Woodturning Tool Rests

My new woodturning lathe came with only one tool rest which is 300mm (12") long. In some situations I can not get that tool rest close to the work because it is too long. In this video I build a selection of different tool rests to use on my lathe.

[@tdck2978]

I always learn something new when watching your channel. Great work. Keep it up!!

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

No problem, thank you for watching.

[@joell439]

Very Nice set of rests. Can't wait to see how you approach building the ring-roller. Cheers..... 👍👍😎👍👍

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks you.

[@MyMiniHomeWorkshop]

Nice result, always nice to score some free material 👍

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks for watching. Yes, it is good that they think of me when things are being thrown out. Im sure we can find a way to use any scrap that comes our way.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday John, the tool rest look great, that cold blue solution isn’t cheap, great job mate, cheers

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks Matty. No it is not cheap. I want to look in to parkerising. It may be cheaper than buying the bluing solution. Mark Presling does a bit of parkerising in his videos.

[@cncdavenz]

Looks like i will be making some rests for my lathe. Thanks for the inspiration. 👍

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

No problem.

[@mikesworkshopadventures]

Nice job. Had a look at the Permablue and yes it is expensive. Liked your solution that used what we have in our shops. Cheers Mike

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks. Another option is to parkerise the metal. I'm not sure what the cost would be, but this is something I want to look in to. Mark Presling has more info on this process in this video. ua-cam.com/video/Jk_Vo5svOnk/v-deo.html