ok thanks I will call them and see if they have anything that crosses over.
ok thanks I will call them and see if they have anything that crosses over.
This is the one I have.
http://littlemachineshop.com/product...ProductID=3399
If they don't have one that fits directly, it occurs to me it may not take much to make a bracket to adapt one of these.
I've had excellent service from LMS. They are also always ready to answer questions.
JKJ
yeah I was thinking since my lathe has a 10 inch swing I would use a rest from a smaller lathe to give room for needed conversion brackets and still be able to center the rest. How far do you think I can go off to the side and still get enough support to minimize the works deflection. Or does the support need to be exactly behind the cutting tool.
I've always thought a follower rest needed to be very close to back up the tool pressure but that might depend on the diameter and stiffness of the work piece. Seem like you might make nearly any size rest work by machining a replacement base with the right attachment holes and welding/bolting/brazing it to support body of the rest.
JKJ
well I contacted little machine shop and busy bee in Canada and neither one have one that would directly cross over . Anyone got someone else I could check with before I try to make one fit.
I bought a no name follow rest off ebay it came off who knows what, but it was smaller swing so I did have room to make a offset bracket . It is about a inch from where the tool would normally cut from hopefully that will not be so far off that it allows to much deflection but it has to be better that nothing.
Its a 10x24 Chinese made lathe, try looking on Grizzly website or MSC to find one like it. They copy one another back and forth.
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