tool-rest

Chisel guidance bar

A tool-rest is a support on a lathe that steadies the cutting tool during work.

It's an adjustable bar or ledge positioned near the rotating workpiece, allowing the operator to guide the tool with controlled pressure: Adjust the tool-rest close to the wood before turning on the lathe.

lathe

turning

Act of rotating

woodturning · tailstock · headstock · carbide · skew · parting · bowl · indexing · banjo · compound

metalworking

grinding

Molar action sometimes

pedestal · adjustable · safety · gap · dressing · jig · angle · positioning · guard · abrasive

glassblowing

blowpipe

Breath-propelled projectile tube

  • benchShared seating surface
  • lampworkShaping glass with torches
  • jacksChildren's ball-and-pieces game

shears · tweezers · glory-hole · annealer · paddle · reamer · rotation · shaping · gather · molten

Opposites
lathe component function

tool-restheadstock

Tuning peg mounting point

tailstock · spindle · workpiece · chuck · faceplate

Family

tool, rest, tools, tooled, tooling, rests, rested, resting, restful

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G