Reed Gray
12-06-2010, 8:44 PM
I had to put them aside for a couple of weeks while getting smaller things ready for a Christmas show, but gave them a work out today. I have had a 26 inch diameter madrone log just waiting for the experience.
Up until today, I have used the Oneway big/deep bowl rests. Besides the difference the drill rod makes, there is a considerable difference in shapes. The outside Oneway is about 19 inch diameter (cut from a circle that size, or bent to that diameter. I frequently found it to be too shallow for a lot of my bowls. The inside is closer to 14 inches, but isn't a true arc of a circle, more of a J shape. The Robust rests are both about 12 inch diameter. All of the tool rests are about 12 inches long. My madrone big bowl finished out at 22 inch diameter, and 7 plus inches deep. The outside Robust tool rest was a bit too tight to use on the outside (22 inch diameter to 12 inch diameter arc). The inside rest was tighter than the bowl radius, but since I had to turn it down to finish thickness in stages, it didn't matter. Biggest difference in performance was the inside rest did not vibrate even a tiny but when working way out on the tip. This was a bit of a problem with the Oneway rest for me, I just had to work slower.
I love the drill rod on the bowl rests. Huge improvement over cast iron, and a good step up from cold rolled and stainless steel.
I don't know about the inside rest shape. All of them I have used up till now, have been more J shaped which does fit the inside of a bowl a bit better (Oneway, and blue cast one from Craft Supplies). I think I can still make a bevel rubbing cut from rim to bottom, as long as I have the proper bevel that lets me do that (60 degrees or so). I am not comfortable with it yet, but would think that would be more of a 'getting used to it' thing.
Generally pretty good shape for bowls up to 14 inches or so, a bit more difficult on bigger bowls, but bigger bowls are more of a specialty market. I am not ready to retire the Oneway rests yet, but I will never part with the Rubust rests.
robo hippy
Up until today, I have used the Oneway big/deep bowl rests. Besides the difference the drill rod makes, there is a considerable difference in shapes. The outside Oneway is about 19 inch diameter (cut from a circle that size, or bent to that diameter. I frequently found it to be too shallow for a lot of my bowls. The inside is closer to 14 inches, but isn't a true arc of a circle, more of a J shape. The Robust rests are both about 12 inch diameter. All of the tool rests are about 12 inches long. My madrone big bowl finished out at 22 inch diameter, and 7 plus inches deep. The outside Robust tool rest was a bit too tight to use on the outside (22 inch diameter to 12 inch diameter arc). The inside rest was tighter than the bowl radius, but since I had to turn it down to finish thickness in stages, it didn't matter. Biggest difference in performance was the inside rest did not vibrate even a tiny but when working way out on the tip. This was a bit of a problem with the Oneway rest for me, I just had to work slower.
I love the drill rod on the bowl rests. Huge improvement over cast iron, and a good step up from cold rolled and stainless steel.
I don't know about the inside rest shape. All of them I have used up till now, have been more J shaped which does fit the inside of a bowl a bit better (Oneway, and blue cast one from Craft Supplies). I think I can still make a bevel rubbing cut from rim to bottom, as long as I have the proper bevel that lets me do that (60 degrees or so). I am not comfortable with it yet, but would think that would be more of a 'getting used to it' thing.
Generally pretty good shape for bowls up to 14 inches or so, a bit more difficult on bigger bowls, but bigger bowls are more of a specialty market. I am not ready to retire the Oneway rests yet, but I will never part with the Rubust rests.
robo hippy