RogerGarrett
Member
For the last couple of years, I've used a Jet Mini-Lathe and really enjoyed it. I sold it a couple of weeks back to another happy IAP member. The advantage that I had with that lathe was that I could store the turning tools - knives and chisels - below the bed as it rested on the bench I had built for it. While they gradually became covered with wood strips from turning, I always seemed to be able to get to them.
When I purchased the new Jet 1236, I was very pleased with the variable speed adjustment on the front. However, there was no place to put tools. So, I built a little tool caddy based on the design of my cutlery set in our kitchen. Just used some scrap poplar and some pieces of walnut that were too thin for anything but I was too cheap to throw out. I attached it to another poplar board and used two lower pieces with a bolt on each end to pinch the horizontal edge of the legs of the lathe, and now the knives are in reach always. In fact - they never get covered up, and they never vibrate off and fall on the cement floor any longer!
Anyone else come up with ideas for tool holders?
When I purchased the new Jet 1236, I was very pleased with the variable speed adjustment on the front. However, there was no place to put tools. So, I built a little tool caddy based on the design of my cutlery set in our kitchen. Just used some scrap poplar and some pieces of walnut that were too thin for anything but I was too cheap to throw out. I attached it to another poplar board and used two lower pieces with a bolt on each end to pinch the horizontal edge of the legs of the lathe, and now the knives are in reach always. In fact - they never get covered up, and they never vibrate off and fall on the cement floor any longer!
Anyone else come up with ideas for tool holders?