Shop Tips
Toolrest Height Stop
Oct 25, 2005
When you need to maintain one height setting for your lathe’s toolrest, but have to constantly change its angle (as when faceplate turning) tighten a small hose-clamp on the toolrest’s shank. This will prevent it from slipping down as you adjust it.
Brian P. Mitchell, Somerset, Colo.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, December 1985 No. 55
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