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Basic techniques for Faceplate Turning

Install and adjust your Tool Rest. The proper installation and adjustment of your Tool Rest is vital to your turning success. There are a variety of different shapes and configurations of Tool Rests available to bring added rigidity and safety to your work. And although the basic Tool Rest that comes with the Shopsmith MARK V is more than adequate for most jobs, if you're planning to turn large objects or woods that are particularly tough, you might want to consider Shopsmith's new Universal Lathe Tool Rest.

 

 

This massive, 35-pound accessory features a triple-jointed, articulated arm system that rigidly holds your choice of four Tool Rests at virtually any position inside, around or even behind your rotating workpiece...totally eliminating tool “chatter”...even when you're really “hogging-out” the wood.

Reaches around the back side of faceplate turnings with ease (right top), and provides up close support, deep inside the deepest bowls (right bottom).

To this, you can add either the standard, straight Rest that came with your MARK V, or one of the three accessory rests that are made specifically for Faceplate turning. These Accessory Rests include:

 
 
 
A shorter, 4" long Rest that can be positioned all the way inside small or large Faceplate turnings. See below.
 
 
An “S-Shaped” Rest that lets you move from working inside your turning to shaping its edge. See below.
 
    A 90-degree “V-Shaped” Rest that allows you to make continuous, flowing cuts from the inside surfaces to the outside surfaces of your turnings. See below.
   

 

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