Home Made Steady Rest for the Mini Lathe

[Josh]

This project was inspired because of cost and I had some steel around. The steady rest started by measuring distance to the spindle from the top of the bed, I used a 1/2 x4x6 hot rolled steel, rough it out drilled and filed the profile, pre drilled keyway holes and pivot hole als cut it in half and pre milled top and bottom. Find enclosed PDF of the pics.View attachment STEADY REST BUILD.pdf

 

[RandyM]

Looking good Josh!

:thumbzup3:

Very well done.

 

[mzayd3]

Good Work! :hatsoff:

 

[Josh]

Good Work! :hatsoff:

Thanks.

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Looking good Josh!

:thumbzup3:

Very well done.

Thanks.

 

[Josh]

Good Work! :hatsoff:

Thanks

 

[Smudgemo]

That sure turned out to be a nice looking (and useful) piece of equipment. I'm guessing you skipped over a bunch of work from photo 7 to 8, and the paint is the kicker. Good work!

-Ryan

 

[amuller]

This project was inspired because of cost and I had some steel around. The steady rest started by measuring distance to the spindle from the top of the bed, I used a 1/2 x4x6 hot rolled steel, rough it out drilled and filed the profile, pre drilled keyway holes and pivot hole als cut it in half and pre milled top and bottom. Find enclosed PDF of the pics.View attachment 80838

Nice job!

 

[Josh]

Nice job!

Thanks

 

[Terrywerm]

Nice job on both the steady rest and on the carriage stop!

 

[Josh]

Nice job on both the steady rest and on the carriage stop!

Thanks