Doug W Swanson
01-20-2012, 11:34 AM
Hey all,
I'm in the process of making an articulated hollowing tool similar to Capt Eddie's Steel Snake.
http://eddiecastelin.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/steelsnake.54183757.pdf
It all seems pretty straight forward but there is one question I have:
Do I need to make the support/base height adjustable? Or can this be a fixed height?
Capt Eddie's version shows the base as being a fixed height. Since I'm making this for one lathe (my Jet 1236), I figured that if I used different cutters I could always adjust the height of the tool rest slightly to compensate where the cutter hits the wood. I can't imagine the height difference between cutters would be more than 1/2" so the base height could be fixed and not cause any problems.
It seems like most of the store bought versions have an adjustable base but they do that to cover different lathe sizes, right?
Any advice is appreciate
I'm in the process of making an articulated hollowing tool similar to Capt Eddie's Steel Snake.
http://eddiecastelin.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/steelsnake.54183757.pdf
It all seems pretty straight forward but there is one question I have:
Do I need to make the support/base height adjustable? Or can this be a fixed height?
Capt Eddie's version shows the base as being a fixed height. Since I'm making this for one lathe (my Jet 1236), I figured that if I used different cutters I could always adjust the height of the tool rest slightly to compensate where the cutter hits the wood. I can't imagine the height difference between cutters would be more than 1/2" so the base height could be fixed and not cause any problems.
It seems like most of the store bought versions have an adjustable base but they do that to cover different lathe sizes, right?
Any advice is appreciate