I have aquired a craftsman 12" lathe that is very shiny and fixing to be
mounted to it's' new base. It was amde in 1974. The previous owner could not
find the tool rest holder or tool rest for it. It has the bracket that is
attached to the pipe.
I am looking to make the tool rest and holder to save a few dollers since my
layoff has left me short of spending cash.
Can someone point me in the direction in need to go to find advice on this.
I have googled myself to death and thougth someone here might have already
made their own and could offer advice.

Thanks
Don
Ft. Worth, TX

Greetings and Salutations...

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:33:42 GMT, "BigDaddy"
wrote:

I have aquired a craftsman 12" lathe that is very shiny and fixing to be
mounted to it's' new base. It was amde in 1974. The previous owner could not
find the tool rest holder or tool rest for it. It has the bracket that is
attached to the pipe.
I am looking to make the tool rest and holder to save a few dollers since my
layoff has left me short of spending cash.
Can someone point me in the direction in need to go to find advice on this.
I have googled myself to death and thougth someone here might have already
made their own and could offer advice.

Thanks
Don
Ft. Worth, TX


A friend of mine had the same problem. I took a chunk of
angle iron I had on hand, and, welded it to the top of a 7/8" hitch
pin from Northern Tool. It needed a bit of work to get the top
edge of the angle iron parallal to the turning axis, but,
worked well enough.
BVasically, all you need to do is measure the banjo hole
and pick up a rod that fits...and get a crossbar of your choice
welded to it.
Regards
Dave Mundt

A friend of mine had the same problem. I took a chunk of
angle iron I had on hand, and, welded it to the top of a 7/8" hitch
pin from Northern Tool. It needed a bit of work to get the top
edge of the angle iron parallal to the turning axis, but,
worked well enough.
BVasically, all you need to do is measure the banjo hole
and pick up a rod that fits...and get a crossbar of your choice
welded to it.
Regards
Dave Mundt

Thanks for the reply Dave.
A question
Does it matter if the top of the rest is flat, or can it be made from the
same rod, welded into a "T"?

Don
Ft. Worth, TX

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Thanks for the reply Dave.
A question
Does it matter if the top of the rest is flat, or can it be made from the
same rod, welded into a "T"?

Don
Ft. Worth, TX
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You can use the same stock as the post, but on most machines, the post is
near 1 in. Diameter, and that means your fulcrum cannot be placed very close
to the work piece (at least 1/2 in from it). That isn't ideal. A piece of
angle iron with the vertical portion nearest to the lathe will allow you to
move up almost into contact with the work piece. The down side of this
configuration is the possibility of running your tool past the end of the
rest and having your finger slammmed down by the tool against the horizontal
part of the angle iron. The cure for this is either filling the interior of
the "L" with wood, epoxy, etc., or covering the open portion with sheet
metal, etc.
Make a careful measurement of your post. Many lathes use 1 inch posts, but
their Asian counterparts use 25 mm posts. That's only 0.4mm difference, but
it can be a problem. Good luck.

Ken Moon
Webbervile, TX.

Hi Don

I'm not quite sure what you mean by toolrest and holder, I assume that
"the bracket attached to the pipe" means the so called banjo and that
you need what we call the toolrest, If that is the case I have made my
toolrests myself and have pictures of them in one of my albums on the net.
Have a look and see if that's what you need, they are very simple to make.

Hope that's some help for you.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

BigDaddy wrote:
I have aquired a craftsman 12" lathe that is very shiny and fixing to be
mounted to it's' new base. It was amde in 1974. The previous owner could not
find the tool rest holder or tool rest for it. It has the bracket that is
attached to the pipe.
I am looking to make the tool rest and holder to save a few dollers since my
layoff has left me short of spending cash.
Can someone point me in the direction in need to go to find advice on this.
I have googled myself to death and thougth someone here might have already
made their own and could offer advice.

Thanks
Don
Ft. Worth, TX

Sorry Don

forgot to include the album address,

http://homepage.mac.com/l.vanderloo/PhotoAlbum25.html

Hi Don

I'm not quite sure what you mean by toolrest and holder, I assume that
"the bracket attached to the pipe" means the so called banjo and that
you need what we call the toolrest, If that is the case I have made my
toolrests myself and have pictures of them in one of my albums on the net.
Have a look and see if that's what you need, they are very simple to make.

Hope that's some help for you.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

BigDaddy wrote:

I have aquired a craftsman 12" lathe that is very shiny and fixing to
be mounted to it's' new base. It was amde in 1974. The previous owner
could not find the tool rest holder or tool rest for it. It has the
bracket that is attached to the pipe.
I am looking to make the tool rest and holder to save a few dollers
since my layoff has left me short of spending cash.
Can someone point me in the direction in need to go to find advice on
this. I have googled myself to death and thougth someone here might
have already made their own and could offer advice.

Thanks
Don
Ft. Worth, TX

Greetings and salutations...

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:12:09 -0500, "BigDaddy"
wrote:



A friend of mine had the same problem. I took a chunk of
angle iron I had on hand, and, welded it to the top of a 7/8" hitch
pin from Northern Tool. It needed a bit of work to get the top
edge of the angle iron parallal to the turning axis, but,
worked well enough.
BVasically, all you need to do is measure the banjo hole
and pick up a rod that fits...and get a crossbar of your choice
welded to it.
Regards
Dave Mundt

Thanks for the reply Dave.
A question
Does it matter if the top of the rest is flat, or can it be made from the
same rod, welded into a "T"?

Don
Ft. Worth, TX


As a matter of fact, round rests like this seem to be the
current fad in the turning world. There is a lot to be said for
the bar type of rest, as it can make certain operations easier.
I have yet to make one up to test the theory myself, although I
have, at least, thought of it several times.
Regards
dave mundt

Art Ransom's site is helpful : http://www.turningaround.org/ToolRest.htm

Q: How do you make a tool rest?
A: Take away the wood.

:-)

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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:12:09 -0500, "BigDaddy"
wrote:



A friend of mine had the same problem. I took a chunk of
angle iron I had on hand, and, welded it to the top of a 7/8" hitch
pin from Northern Tool. It needed a bit of work to get the top
edge of the angle iron parallal to the turning axis, but,
worked well enough.
BVasically, all you need to do is measure the banjo hole
and pick up a rod that fits...and get a crossbar of your choice
welded to it.
Regards
Dave Mundt

Thanks for the reply Dave.
A question
Does it matter if the top of the rest is flat, or can it be made from the
same rod, welded into a "T"?

I made a couple of extra rests out of steel rod welded into a "T", and
I actually like them quite a lot better than the cast iron ones that
came with my lathe. Before welding, I ground the end of the rod that
goes into the banjo slightly concave on the end of a belt sander to
limit the gap I had to fill in, but the whole project only took about
5 mintues, and I made three of them.

Don
Ft. Worth, TX


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I am going to try and weld up a couple today. I have a friend bringing his
welder over.
Thanks for the ideas.

Don

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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:12:09 -0500, "BigDaddy"
wrote:



A friend of mine had the same problem. I took a chunk of
angle iron I had on hand, and, welded it to the top of a 7/8" hitch
pin from Northern Tool. It needed a bit of work to get the top
edge of the angle iron parallal to the turning axis, but,
worked well enough.
BVasically, all you need to do is measure the banjo hole
and pick up a rod that fits...and get a crossbar of your choice
welded to it.
Regards
Dave Mundt

Thanks for the reply Dave.
A question
Does it matter if the top of the rest is flat, or can it be made from the
same rod, welded into a "T"?

I made a couple of extra rests out of steel rod welded into a "T", and
I actually like them quite a lot better than the cast iron ones that
came with my lathe. Before welding, I ground the end of the rod that
goes into the banjo slightly concave on the end of a belt sander to
limit the gap I had to fill in, but the whole project only took about
5 mintues, and I made three of them.

Don
Ft. Worth, TX


Aut inveniam viam aut faciam