Doug Wolf
02-03-2011, 4:56 PM
Here are some tool rests I made from scrap steel and some 1" round bar stock I had laying around.
The 3 curved ones are from the tube support of my old Craftsman lathe. I split the tube in thirds and attached a length of 1/4" drill rod on the top with 5 minute epoxy. I dropped one about 12" on a table and the drill rod popped off the top of the rest so it got brazed back on. I don't know how Robust does it but my epoxy was pretty old, maybe that's why it didn't hold. Anyway the brazed on drill rod works fine.
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The 3 curved ones are from the tube support of my old Craftsman lathe. I split the tube in thirds and attached a length of 1/4" drill rod on the top with 5 minute epoxy. I dropped one about 12" on a table and the drill rod popped off the top of the rest so it got brazed back on. I don't know how Robust does it but my epoxy was pretty old, maybe that's why it didn't hold. Anyway the brazed on drill rod works fine.
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