Woodturning - A Wood Lathe Maintenance Secret
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- The tool rest of a wood lathe is often the most neglected part of the wood lathe even though the user is in contact with the tool rest most of the time.
A wood lathe tool rest with a contact surface full of nicks and dents can make getting a smooth cut from your woodturning turning tools difficult if not impossible to achieve. Most stock wood lathe tool rests are made from cast iron, which is softer than the high speed steel used to make turning tools.
After enough use, woodturning tools will damage the surface of a wood lathe tool rest to the point where turning tools no longer slide smoothly across the surface of the tool rest. This video show how to smooth out all the nicks and dents that accumulate on the surface of a wood lathe tool rest over time.
If you have a raggedy looking wood lathe tool rest, you’ll be amazed at how easily your turning tools slide across the tool rest after giving it a makeover.
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Tools & Equipment I Use Regularly
Woodturning Tools
3/8” spindle gouge & 1/2” Spindle Gouge
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Crown 1 1/4” Spindle Roughing Gouge
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1/2” Crown Pro PM bowl gouge
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3/8” Crown Pro PM bowl gouge
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Carbide Turning Tool Inserts
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3/16” Diamond Parting Tool & 1/8” Parting Tool
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Crown 1/2” Skew Chisel
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Alan Lacer 5/8” Skew Chisel & 1 3/8” Skew Chisel
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Hollow Pro Hollowing Tools
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Woodturning Drive Centers & Live Centers
Oneway Live Center
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Oneway Safe Driver
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Oneway 4-Spur Morse Taper Drive Center
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Woodturning Chucks, Chuck Jaws & Faceplate(s)
Beall Collet Chuck
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Oneway Stronghold Chuck
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Oneway Profiled Spigot Jaws for Stronghold Chucks
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Oneway #4 Profiled Jaws for Stronghold Chucks
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Oneway Jumbo Jaws
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Oneway 4” Cast Iron Faceplate
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Vacuum Chucking
Oneway Vacuum Drum Chucks
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Oneway Vacuum Rotary Air Fitting
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Sharpening
Oneway Wolverine Sharpening System
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Oneway Vari-Grind Attachment
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Oneway Grinding Wheel Balancing System
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Steady Rests
Oneway Bowl Steady Rest
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Oneway Spindle Steady Rest
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Big Red Steady Rest
www.theokspind...
Misc. Tools
Starrett Combination Squares
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Starrett 6” ruler
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Adhesives:
Zap CA (cyanoacrylate) Glue
www.zapglue.com
NOTE:
When ordering from www.mscdirect.com better prices can often be found by looking through one of their many sales flyers. All the sales flyers are available online and the lower price often (always?) has a different part number and you need the alternate part number to get the sale price.
Starrett 6” Round Leg Outside Calipers
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5/8” Accupro Keyed Drill Chuck
*This chuck requires an adapter that fits the chuck and your lathe.
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hello..thank you for sharing your sharp chisel knowledge for deep lathe..slam.success and always healthy.for your beloved family
Thanks for commenting. I’m glad you found the video useful. Cheers!
I was curious so looked it up. In order of coarseness the files are coarse, bastard, second cut, and smooth cut. One source said coarse isn't used very often so that makes bastard the coarsest file commonly used.
Thanks for commenting and starting and interesting conversation. Perhaps someone out there has an answer.
I knew about the other file names. What I’m really curious about is how the bastard cut file came to have the name ‘bastard’ as opposed to ‘first cut’ or ‘semi-coarse’ or something else. Who knows, the etymology of the term ‘bastard’ as applied to files could go back centuries.
Here in the U.S., our contemporary usage of the term bastard (as opposed to the strict dictionary definition) is such that ‘bastard cut’ is both odd and amusing.
Most of the people I’ve met take full advantage of the opportunity to say “Hey, hand me that big bastard.” as opposed to “Please pass the large file.” 🤣😂😛
@@CroakyOak Based on what I read in this case the term bastard means irregular. The other 3 types existed then someone created a coarseness that didn't fit the existing list.
Fascinating. Thanks for adding this information to the comments.
No wax?
Nope. I don’t have a corrosion problem and I’m used to the amount of friction I get from these tool rests. Even if wax would hold up under metal on metal contact, my preference is to not use anything on the tool rest. Once I’ve filed away the bumps, I’m good to go.
Thanks for asking and commenting.