Vikki,
Its good to hear from the ladies here. After looking at the pic of
what you bought, I can't see it being very sturdy as designed. I
think I would go with something like what Barry built. The tool post
is best supported from below, not from the side. As for height, you
want the TIP of your gouge or skew where it meets the wood to be on
center, this puts the tool rest below center. Remember your tool will
be held at an angle (handle drooping 10-20 degrees below horizontal).
Hope this helps. I plan on using my lathe for wood initially so I'll
be able to give you more feedback in a few weeks.
Rance
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "wrlabs" <wrlabs@...> wrote:
I ordered the wood turning tool rest kit from LMS (we'll avoid
mentioning the nightmare getting it from UPS):
ProductID=1685&category=
Granted, wood turning is new to me and I *am* fairly clueless, but
it
seems that the actual tool rest itself won't go up to more than
about
.425 below spindle center without the post wobbling. From all I
have
read so far, I want this on spindle center to do scraping before I
do
other things to learn and be less dangerous.
Not sure if I need to either shim up the toolpost or make up a
replacement pin for the tool rest itself to get near spindle center?
Also, anyone know what the thread on the center that comes with it
is?
Not planning on doing a lot of wood stuff with the lathe, but in the
process of making "simple syrup" I ended up with rock candy and
broke
the honey "spoon" and wanted to make a replacement myself :-).
Seemed
like an handy thing to have in case I do want to make anything out
of
wood.
Any thoughts appreciated!
Thanks & take care, Vikki.
