Where could I get this made?

Alun

Hi,

I'm looking for someone who can knock me up a simple custom toolrest thingamajig for my woodturning lathe. All it is is a 4" piece of 1" mild steel round bar welded to the bottom of a piece of 32mm or thereabouts RSA, and some holes drilled, that's all.

I'm not sure where to begin looking ... the Golden Pages didn't turn up anybody which looked likely. I'm in Bray, so anywhere near there would do.

Any ideas?

chippie

hello
find a fitter who workes in a factory these guys can do anything with metal maybe motor mechanic might do .So go for a pint and get talking to some one there must be some one .best of luck if u lived beside me i would have no problem getting u the right man

Milkman

Heya,
there's a welder in applewood heights in Greystones. If you go up the main hill in Applewood his house is half way up on the corner with a big sign hanging off the side gate. Rodney is his name I think.
He put together brackets for me to hang a hammock off rafters.

HTH

M.

Carpenter

Alun wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking for someone who can knock me up a simple custom toolrest thingamajig for my woodturning lathe. All it is is a 4" piece of 1" mild steel round bar welded to the bottom of a piece of 32mm or thereabouts RSA, and some holes drilled, that's all.

I'm not sure where to begin looking ... the Golden Pages didn't turn up anybody which looked likely. I'm in Bray, so anywhere near there would do.

Any ideas?

Hi
Where are u based

karltimber

I am a woodturner also --
would it not be cheaper and easier to make it out of timber.

Is it a tool-rack that you are making???

Explain a bit more what it is for first

thx

Alun

Carpenter wrote:

Hi
Where are u based

Bray, as I said in my original post

Alun

karltimber wrote:

I am a woodturner also -- would it not be cheaper and easier to make it out of timber.

Is it a tool-rack that you are making???

Explain a bit more what it is for first

What I'm thinking of is a kind of universal jig holder, you know the kind of thing, for holding a drill or router. The idea was that I'd mount this in the banjo in place of the toolrest, and then bolt whatever jig I wanted to use (probably made of wood) to it.

I could, of course, make up something out of wood that also slid up and down the lathe bed in the same way as the banjo does, but I thought this would be a more elegant solution. In addition to that, although I'm a woodturner, I'm not really a woodworker and haven't got much in the way of woodworking tools, so making somethink like that wouldn't be that easy for me.

I got the idea from here BTW ... http://www.laymar-crafts.co.uk/tip37.htm

Alun

Milkman wrote:

Heya,
there's a welder in applewood heights in Greystones. If you go up the main hill in Applewood his house is half way up on the corner with a big sign hanging off the side gate. Rodney is his name I think.
He put together brackets for me to hang a hammock off rafters.

Thanks, I know Applewood Heights well, but I've never noticed the sign ... I'll check that out, thanks!

Carpenter

Alun wrote:

Bray, as I said in my original post

I have a friend that will do it for you he lives in ballinteer pm me if you want and i will give you his number

Alun

Carpenter wrote:

I have a friend that will do it for you he lives in ballinteer pm me if you want and i will give you his number

Thanks ... I'll try the guy in Greystones another poster mentioned first, he's a bit closer. If I get no luck there, I'll get in touch.

waggette

I am actually looking for a woodturner who could whip up a mahogany plinth for me for a perpetual trophy ASAP - any ideas??
Dimensions of plinth - 12" x 6" x 3" approx
I'm in the south dublin area
Cheers

Alun

Not sure what to make of those dimensions. If it's going to be turned base you're talking about diameter and height, i.e. 2 dimensions. We woodturners have difficulty turning rectangular items