Vikki,
Now that I've got my lathe to look at I'm thinking of an alternative
option for a woodworking tool rest. I might plan on just running the
spindle in reverse and doing my woodworking-turning from the back
side of the lathe. On a bench this might present a problem but I have
mine on a rolling cart of sorts. I'm thinking that a magnetic base
for the tool rest and sitting it on the rear of the cross slide. On
my 8x12 there looks to be acres and acres of room for this sort of
setup. Just a thought, no experience with this method yet.
Rance (grinning from ear to ear right now)
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "wrlabs" <wrlabs@...> wrote:
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "barryvabeach"
<barryvabeach@> wrote:
Vikki, I took some poor pictures and they are posted here with
some
notes
Quite good, gives me a real good idea of how to improve this, err,
thing :-)!
If you have any questions let me know. In fairness to LMS, the
spur
center is very nice. If I want to do something quick though, I
just somewhat round one end and put it in the chuck and put the
other end up against the live center and turn the end near the
live
center round, then put that end in the chuck and it works out
pretty
well. Barry
