Robust, Comfort Tool Rest, 6" Wide, Standard Post

Works great well worth the price

Very nicely built. Perfect for wood lathe turning.

Simply the best tool rest manufacture out there

The perfect size for pen turning. Very heavy duty and well built. What more could you ask for.

This is a quality component. After using this 6" tool rest, I also decided to replace the 12" tool rest that came with my Nova Lathe. Its a great design and comfortable to use. The post is milled perfectly. I wouldn't expect anything different from Robust.

Robust tool rests are the best! The hardened round rod at the top does not ding like many tool rests, the do not flex - even on hard catches... just a pleasure to use. One caveat - the length of the post has to be matched to the lathe and banjo (tool rest holder). There is much information on the Robust website that will help ensure you order the correct profile and post length to accommodate your lathe. If the post is too long, it will prevent moving the banjo into many positions because the post will extend out the bottom and hit the lathe bed. If the post is too short, the retention and strength will be compromised.

Very nice tool rest. I have been using a 13” that came with my Jet lathe. Turns out there are plenty of situations where the long rest becomes the problem. I put this Robust 6” on the lathe when it arrived and haven’t used the longer rest since (about 2 months now). The qualify work of who ever made this rest is really good.

It's OK. Does not go all the way down in tool rest like original that came with my Laguna 1216 midi lathe. Its 1 inch in diameter but needs to seat about another 1/2 inch lower in too rest which unfortunately it does not.