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David,
a friend of mine has a tool holder that has a “rest” built into it. It looks something like this –
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?start=373&um=1&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=571&tbm=isch&tbnid=RS-vQDsMmJ5I_M:&imgrefurl=http://www.super-tech.com/root/grp.asp%3Fp1%3DTaig-Products&docid=7o8Jp0d0RknnFM&imgurl=http://www.super-tech.com/root/taig/pix/accessories/tg-1210-00.jpg&w=484&h=364&ei=tMxnUaXHEeKM0AWK_ICwDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=143&vpy=197&dur=1641&hovh=195&hovw=259&tx=99&ty=141&page=14&tbnh=147&tbnw=185&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:91,s:300,i:277
Have you seen these before?
I watched him turn a 5mm silver steel rod down to 2mm in a single pass with an almost perfect finish to the steel.
Paul.