speaker monkey
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Hello,
My first post to this forum so please be kind. I have a Jet JWL1220 lathe and I have really enjoyed being able to make the odd this and that. I recently came to aquire a selection of what I think are cutting tools for a rebate plane (attached) when a friend's granpa passed away. My first thought was "hold on, I could use these in my lathe as form tools". So my idea is to clamp these in the tool rest (I also have a metalworking lathe so this should be pretty easy) and let them form nice bevels & beads. Really I'm after advice please - has this been done before? Does anyone think this is a bad idea? Should the tools be positioned in the rubbing or trailing position? (I think trailing). I'm not sure what kind of steel these are but I imagine if they are strong enough for a plane they should be alright as long as the clamping holds the tool fully.
The purists in the craft will probably scoff, saying that this is cheating, but for long or repetitive spindle turning I can see this being really handy
cheers
monkey x
My first post to this forum so please be kind. I have a Jet JWL1220 lathe and I have really enjoyed being able to make the odd this and that. I recently came to aquire a selection of what I think are cutting tools for a rebate plane (attached) when a friend's granpa passed away. My first thought was "hold on, I could use these in my lathe as form tools". So my idea is to clamp these in the tool rest (I also have a metalworking lathe so this should be pretty easy) and let them form nice bevels & beads. Really I'm after advice please - has this been done before? Does anyone think this is a bad idea? Should the tools be positioned in the rubbing or trailing position? (I think trailing). I'm not sure what kind of steel these are but I imagine if they are strong enough for a plane they should be alright as long as the clamping holds the tool fully.
The purists in the craft will probably scoff, saying that this is cheating, but for long or repetitive spindle turning I can see this being really handy
cheers
monkey x