• Congratulations to Phil Hamel winner of the April 2025 Turning Challenge (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to Paul Hedman and Donna Banfield for "Fire and Ice" being selected as Turning of the Week for 5 May, 2025 (click here for details)
  • Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.

Robo Rest

If you want something very close to the Roborest but more solid look at the Kodiak rest from woodturnerswonders. I modified mine by drilling some extra holes so I can lock it every 5 degrees. It comes in 2 designs one to fit the Oneway system and one with a flat base to fit any grinder.
 

Attachments

  • 20220102_063259.jpg
    20220102_063259.jpg
    388.2 KB · Views: 86
john lucas said:
If you want something very close to the Roborest but more solid look at the Kodiak rest from woodturnerswonders. I modified mine by drilling some extra holes so I can lock it every 5 degrees. It comes in 2 designs one to fit the Oneway system and one with a flat base to fit any grinder.
Click to expand...
Hey John, Would you explain the reason for the upper and lower set of drilled holes on your modified Kodiak rest? Thanks!
 
john lucas said:
If you want something very close to the Roborest but more solid look at the Kodiak rest from woodturnerswonders. I modified mine by drilling some extra holes so I can lock it every 5 degrees. It comes in 2 designs one to fit the Oneway system and one with a flat base to fit any grinder.
Click to expand...
John, thanks for sharing the photos. Good idea. Does the Kodiak/Oneway version unit allow you to leave the Oneway base as originally place for the Wolverine system... or do you have to change anything?
 
Bud Neale said:
John, thanks for sharing the photos. Good idea. Does the Kodiak/Oneway version unit allow you to leave the Oneway base as originally place for the Wolverine system... or do you have to change anything?
Click to expand...
Yes. I bought that one because I have a Oneway system. I'm saving to by the flat base version to go on my old grinder that doesnt have any form of jig or tool rest.
 
You have to admit, there could be some confusion.If you go back into this old post, it was about a rest for the Wolverine on a bench grinder. I'm really confused now!

Screenshot 2023-11-23 at 10.04.39 PM.png
 
Last edited:
Richard Coers said:
If you go back into this old post, it was about a rest for the Wolverine on a bench grinder.
Click to expand...
actually first dozen or so posts, beginning page 1, were the tool rest. I’ve been searching old posts so I don’t ask and rehash old questions, and found this thread, hence restarted—about tool rests. But I see the grinder was named the same.
 
Yeah, got it. I was thinking of the Robo Tool Rest for grinding. That's the missing piece of my journey to sharpening greatness, which is what is keeping my turning from being excellent. (well...that and maybe more skills practice.)
 
back to the Roborest grinder platform. I used that for many years. After he stopped making them I was looking for an alternative to suggest when teaching. I found the Kodiak rest from woidturners wonders. I got one. Very solid abdcwell built. It has preset notches for certain grinds. However I use other angles and missed the 5 degree spacing of the Robo Rest. So I got my angle gouge out and drilled extra holes every 5 degrees that were not already notched. Because of the positive locking mechanism you can lock it at any angle if necessary. He sells it to fit the oneway (and Kodiak system) and also with a flat base so you can mount it wherever. Here is a photo of my modification. I use the Allen wrench to go in the holes to position it before locking.
 

Attachments

  • 20220102_063259.jpg
    20220102_063259.jpg
    388.2 KB · Views: 71
Earl McLain said:
Yeah, got it. I was thinking of the Robo Tool Rest for grinding. That's the missing piece of my journey to sharpening greatness, which is what is keeping my turning from being excellent. (well...that and maybe more skills practice.)
Click to expand...
I'd love to get one myself, but barring Robo re-starting production , which had been hinted at a year or two ago, I believe there is a similar and very nicely functional rest - The Kodiak system over at Woodturner's Wonders (and the rest alone can fit up to wolverine system) Edit: Ah, I see John has beaten me to it by a minute .. new message note popped right as I was typing the last sentence of the post.. :)
 
I couldn't think of a different name for the bowl rests, so I went with the flow so to speak, called them both robo rests. Ken's rest does have possibilities. I did hear that he sold the business. Does his angled platform fit into a Oneway Wolverine set up?

robo hippy
 
robo hippy said:
I couldn't think of a different name for the bowl rests, so I went with the flow so to speak, called them both robo rests. Ken's rest does have possibilities. I did hear that he sold the business. Does his angled platform fit into a Oneway Wolverine set up?

robo hippy
Click to expand...
I'd be more interested if confirmed it fits without having to move the one way base... Plug and play so to speak?
 
Sam Fleisher said:
I'd be more interested if confirmed it fits without having to move the one way base... Plug and play so to speak?
Click to expand...
Good question: I'd missed this very point when I adopted the also-very-nice SB Tools grinder platforms with the Wolverine adapters. Due to design differences in the SB Tools platforms, they require the OneWay base to be behind the wheel's front plane about 1" or so. If you've set up your Wolverine system per OneWay's instructions, the front of the base will be directly touching the plane tangent to the wheel, which is too far forward. It was worth the effort, but definitely added time to move the bases back in order to adopt these platforms. (Of note: There's zero impact on Wolverine system accessories for moving the bases like this.)
 
Posted in another thread as well
Even though I love gadgets, I do not need one of these, as I am well supplied for the sharpening I do on a platform.
That said, this is pretty interesting:

www.rightanglenow.com

Right Angle | Lathe Tool Sharpening System

The fastest and easiest tool rests to sharpen lathe tools. The the Right Angle the first time, every time.
www.rightanglenow.com www.rightanglenow.com
 
The guy that made my robo rests for me came by this morning because I am having him make a hood for my BBQ grill. He commented that metal prices have more than doubled since we made our last batch. While the price is high, I still consider it a fair price.

robo hippy
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top