View Full Version : Show us your steady rests....
Bill White
12-22-2011, 3:03 PM
Some folks make their rests, some buy. I would like to see options.
Bill
Bill Wyko
12-22-2011, 3:38 PM
Keith Clark industrial strength for sure. I use it all the time. Not a picture of mine but I have the exact same thing.
http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2109/11908737/23979440/400199093.jpg
Nate Davey
12-22-2011, 4:15 PM
Homemade, cost about $15. Works just fine.
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mike ash
12-22-2011, 4:23 PM
Proud owner of a Jeff Nicol Steady and a Monster Hollower.............
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David E Keller
12-22-2011, 4:24 PM
Mine looks exactly like Mike's!
Richard Allen
12-22-2011, 4:44 PM
I use two Oneway bowl steadies.
Rich Aldrich
12-22-2011, 6:36 PM
Mine looks exactly like Mike's!
Mine does too, except that it is Mayo.
James Combs
12-22-2011, 7:10 PM
Similar to a Jeff Nicol rest but homemade with help of outside weld shop, I pre-assembled with bolts then had the welder weld it parts in position. Total cost was probably ~$30.
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Edit: After completing mine I put together a tutorial (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?151550-Steady-Rest-Fabrication/page2) for it and it is posted in the articles forum. Go to post #21 and open the PDF file.
Jon Nuckles
12-22-2011, 8:00 PM
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Mine is homemade and works ok, but I may still ask Jeff Nicol to build me one of his these days.
John M. Smith
12-22-2011, 9:27 PM
216942Here's one I just recently finished building. 1.25" square tubing rolled into a circle for the ring. Very sturdy.
Ron Bontz
12-22-2011, 9:43 PM
+1 for the Jeff Nicole steady rest for my Mustard. He does nice work. No Monster though. YET.
Roger Chandler
12-22-2011, 9:52 PM
Mine looks exactly like Mike's!
So does mine........except it is Grizzly Green.........just like my Monster rig!
Joe Meirhaeghe
12-22-2011, 10:36 PM
Mine is made by Advanced Lathe Tools. Available from The Sanding Glove. http://www.thesandingglove.com/images/content/551/CenterSteady.jpg
In use.
Keith Westfall
12-23-2011, 2:40 AM
Home made - works good!!
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Richard Jones
12-23-2011, 4:52 AM
Here's my offering. Loosely based on Dominic Greco's tutorial from WC and 25 or so other pics that I found here and elsewhere on the web. I made the clamps from some thick aluminum I had and the wheels came from Goodwill.
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Bill Boehme
12-28-2011, 2:38 AM
Similar to a Jeff Nicol rest but homemade with help of outside weld shop, I pre-assembled with bolts then had the welder weld it parts in position. Total cost was probably ~$30.
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Edit: After completing mine I put together a tutorial (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?151550-Steady-Rest-Fabrication/page2) for it and it is posted in the articles forum. Go to post #21 and open the PDF file.
James, Thanks for the great and very detailed tutorial. It is exactly what I am looking to build for my Robust. Since the Robust has a 25 inch swing, would it be better to get a 24 inch ring or a 25 inch ring? I am also wondering if it would be feasible to "open up" a 24 inch ring about three inches to get an effective 25 inch diameter.
Justin Stephen
12-28-2011, 9:26 AM
Has anyone seen in person and/or used the one that Woodline sells?
http://www.woodline.com/p-2608-steady-rest.aspx
The price is pretty darn good.
Jack Mincey
12-29-2011, 10:46 AM
Mine is home made and works well when I need it which isn't very often. I turn many forms that are up to 14" deep and just use #4 jaws on my stronghold chuck and haven't had to use this steady but on 3 pieces which had some rot around the tenon that wouldn't allow a good hold.
Jack
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/flyrod444/DSC00431.jpg
Harvey Ghesser
12-29-2011, 1:15 PM
I've got the Robust. Bulletproof..
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