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  • Looking for a 4850004 Tool Rest Base for the Ryobi Mini-Lathe ML618

    From demonsquat@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 19 11:20:58 2018
    A teacher at my school fell in love with this lathe, and the rest base snapped in half while he was turning a sycamore blank. I've attached a picture of it.

    https://i.imgur.com/wgcigjn.jpg

    I would really appreciate if somebody could help me find a replacement.

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  • From Dr. Deb@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 20 07:57:32 2018
    A teacher at my school fell in love with this lathe, and the rest base snapped in half while he was turning a sycamore blank. I've attached a picture of it.

    https://i.imgur.com/wgcigjn.jpg

    I would really appreciate if somebody could help me find a replacement.

    Your best bet, would be to have him make a trip to Harbor Freight and see if their mini lathe has a similar banjo. If it does not, and we were living decades earlier, the school shop could make him one out of a piece of bar stock and a piece of pipe.
    In fact that might well be the best course of action, have someone make him one.

    Its really a simple (for this particular banjo) job for a local machine shop. Having one made would also give him a much stronger banjo as the one that broke was cast and the one they would make would be out of rolled, mild steel.

    Just a thought, or two.

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  • From dangre@21:1/5 to demonsquat@gmail.com on Wed Jun 20 20:13:11 2018
    Afraid I can't help with a replacement, as all the searches come back as "obsolete, no replacement. Possibly Sears Parts as it says to call 888-837-0262. If it can't be repaired, he can do what some of us have
    done. Toss the rest and use the motor head as a variable speed buffer.
    Good luck, it is a nice little lathe.


    On 6/19/2018 11:20 AM, demonsquat@gmail.com wrote:
    A teacher at my school fell in love with this lathe, and the rest base snapped in half while he was turning a sycamore blank. I've attached a picture of it.

    https://i.imgur.com/wgcigjn.jpg

    I would really appreciate if somebody could help me find a replacement.


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