This two-handed lathe technique works well for production turning small pieces. Note that the headstock is to the turner’s right. The turner sits sideways, facing the headstock, his left arm over the tool rest with his elbow on the lathe bed. He holds the tool handle in his right hand, and with the left, guides the tool and steadies the spindle to prevent chatter.

A right-handed turner would have to turn his lathe 180¡ (headstock to the right) and reverse motor direction to use this technique. A left-handed turner would do this backward, with the headstock in its normal position and his right elbow resting on the lathe bed.

The full-length tool rest is made by inletting a wear strip in a long piece of wood.

Johannes Volmer, Erzgebirge, G.D.R.

Fine Woodworking Magazine, June 1988 No. 70

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