In addition to the buffing supplies I asked about a week or so ago,
another item has been added to my wish list. I have a Jet 12-36 and
it serves my current needs admirably. However I would like to change
the tool post and rest. Any opinions (boy, there's a question asking
for it!) about the shape of the tool rest? Round perhaps like a piece
of 1" round stock? Flat like a piece of angle iron? What works for
those of you that have had both? Pros and cons of both? Thanks for
the info.

Just a quick yes or no question here folks. This being bulb planting season
and wanting a garden dibber (no I do not know where last year's dibber went)
I turned one. Being the comfort loving person that I am, I put an oval
handle on it because I like the feel. With the interest there seems to be in
offset turning on the group these days, is it worth the time to folks for me
to do a video/picture page of a garden dibber with an oval handle?

--
God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS
http://aroundthewoods.com
http://roundopinions.blogspot.com

"Kevin" wrote in message
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In addition to the buffing supplies I asked about a week or so ago,
another item has been added to my wish list. I have a Jet 12-36 and
it serves my current needs admirably. However I would like to change
the tool post and rest. Any opinions (boy, there's a question asking
for it!) about the shape of the tool rest? Round perhaps like a piece
of 1" round stock? Flat like a piece of angle iron? What works for
those of you that have had both? Pros and cons of both? Thanks for
the info.

If you are turning bowls and other curved shapes, then a curved tool
rest really helps. You don't have to move it nearly as much as a
straight rest. As far as shape goes, I like bar stock better than
round stock. You can get the rest closer to the wood. With angle iron,
you get a nice ledge to rest your hand and fingers to help you guide
your tools, the only problem here is how far the ledge sticks out. Too
far and it gets in the way of your tools if you are trying to do a
shear cut with the handle lowered. There are a lot of comercial tool
rests available. I like the ones from Oneway for bowls, but they may
be too big for your lathe.
robo hippy

On Sep 11, 6:21 am, Kevin wrote:
In addition to the buffing supplies I asked about a week or so ago,
another item has been added to my wish list. I have a Jet 12-36 and
it serves my current needs admirably. However I would like to change
the tool post and rest. Any opinions (boy, there's a question asking
for it!) about the shape of the tool rest? Round perhaps like a piece
of 1" round stock? Flat like a piece of angle iron? What works for
those of you that have had both? Pros and cons of both? Thanks for
the info.

A while back there was much ado on rcw re the risk of injury to the hand
when using right angled tool rests and one of us did sustain an injury.
Since then triangular plugs have been used to fill in the angle. I don't
know if this good, bad or indifferent. I also don't know which is
better, a soft rest that doesn't ding the tool or a hard rest that
doesn't let the tool ding it.

Years ago, Frank Pain suggested that we should consider a tool rest's
line from its top by a viewing section from the side. He thought that
the top of the rest should be an unbroken curve (similar to a quarter
round) and not have separate fulcrums that would make for abrupt changes
as the tool was lifted or lowered. Probably these types are now extinct,
anyway.


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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:09:11 GMT, "Darrell Feltmate"
wrote:
yes yes yes always enjoy those videos
and return to them when questions arise
tks
don
Just a quick yes or no question here folks. This being bulb planting season
and wanting a garden dibber (no I do not know where last year's dibber went)
I turned one. Being the comfort loving person that I am, I put an oval
handle on it because I like the feel. With the interest there seems to be in
offset turning on the group these days, is it worth the time to folks for me
to do a video/picture page of a garden dibber with an oval handle?

Hi Kevin
I have a few pictures of home made too rests in on of my photo albums,
I like my rest angled steep so the rest does not interfere with my
turning tools, and flat, not round, though I do have a couple heavy
duty curved round ones, but the longer distance of the fulcrum of the
round tool rest to the wood, does make it a lot harder to control the
tools.
The flat tool rest gets the turning tool close to the wood, and
there's also enough room under the rest to keep your fingers there if
you need to do that.
Have a look if you please.

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

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

On Sep 11, 9:21 am, Kevin wrote:
In addition to the buffing supplies I asked about a week or so ago,
another item has been added to my wish list. I have a Jet 12-36 and
it serves my current needs admirably. However I would like to change
the tool post and rest. Any opinions (boy, there's a question asking
for it!) about the shape of the tool rest? Round perhaps like a piece
of 1" round stock? Flat like a piece of angle iron? What works for
those of you that have had both? Pros and cons of both? Thanks for
the info.