Anyone tried this?
If I do it I’ll use ordinary M2 HSS, should be good enough.
I do have one soft rest - Lyle Jamieson’s threaded rest. Lyle’s reasoning for a soft rest is to have the rest ding vs a hollowing tool bar.
Well, Jimmy did tell me that the box rests were case hardened, and I have several of them and love them.They’re not case hardened. According to the website they are M42 HSS. If I do it I’ll use ordinary M2 HSS, should be good enough.
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I’ve seen it on Amazon and eBay at reasonable prices. I’ll probably try some 6mm or maybe 8mm on the 6” tool rest for my Midi lathe.Where is the best source for the rod?
I just got the 14x3/8" rod from the D-Way site to fit my big PM tool-rest: M-42 Steel Rod for Tool RestWhere is the best source for the rod?
don't need welding, just some good quality 24 hour set JB Weld (not the 5 minute stuff) will hold the rod very nicely (See D-Way's video that is linked in the Original Post, perhaps.. I'd seen it some time back and reviewed it today) I just started putting mine on my OneWay rests following that same advice - using the same JB Weld they recommended.This is great! Tired of filing down my Jet rest which knicks easily. My neighbor welds, are there any special techniques to weld this rod onto my rest that I should share with him? He does both mig and tig.
Update on this, after it got fully cured (24 hours) I was sanding down some of it to smooth things out and get some bits of over-drip off the rod itself, and dropped it on the concrete floor (from about 34" bench height) it landed right on the corner of the rod where one might expect it to take the worst beating and it held together just fine- dented the floor and didn't even ding the M42 steel rod at all, so I would have to say if a catch is gonna break it off, it'd have to be a MONSTER catch! That stuff holds real good.don't need welding, just some good quality 24 hour set JB Weld (not the 5 minute stuff) will hold the rod very nicely (See D-Way's video that is linked in the Original Post, perhaps.. I'd seen it some time back and reviewed it today) I just started putting mine on my OneWay rests following that same advice - using the same JB Weld they recommended.
Good to hear it held up. Just ordered one. Thanks again for posting.Update on this, after it got fully cured (24 hours) I was sanding down some of it to smooth things out and get some bits of over-drip off the rod itself, and dropped it on the concrete floor (from about 34" bench height) it landed right on the corner of the rod where one might expect it to take the worst beating and it held together just fine- dented the floor and didn't even ding the M42 steel rod at all, so I would have to say if a catch is gonna break it off, it'd have to be a MONSTER catch! That stuff holds real good.