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9" Utilathe Follow Rest

Ok guys - I will put the pdf up here as there is a few things others might like. @YotaBota - thanks for the info - moved the width a 1/8 for more clearance .
 
If you look at the two examples in the pictures I included before you will note that the real one has a triangular shape to the support and the one in the grey sort of "concept" picture has a straighter square type support - the drawing I made up has the triangular type support - but you can hack out anything you would prefer. Also the 9" is getting small so 1/4" may be a bit to thick for the support and you may want to go 3/16" The holders or stays are the same for all models as they seem to work well as 1" diameter and scale that way off the 11" Utilathe drawings.. I also drew this with changeable ends for the followers - you could make them out of PTFE, Brass, Bronze or a selection of material - even a roller bearing if you got really excited about it.
 

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more drawings....
 

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I am thinking that it may be possible to do a bit of a re-design and have the follow rest movable? see what you guys think - there may be some tweaking required in the design as I was going pretty fast - always easier to build a prototype and then correct the errors....hopefully the plans get you close!
 
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