5 inch steady rest for Leblond 19 lathe

[Toolmaker51]

A-1+ Frank. Twice I've had people show up with steady rests to compensate their lathe which hadn't one. Naturally, the 'find' is wrong in both axis, but one had a compatible flat and vee for their bed for their machine, but still wrong centerline and center height. Built them spacers that mated their ways with seat contour of steady rest. No small task, or I was not into it enough, probably the latter.
Fabricating from scratch would have resulted in better results and size capacity. Cast Iron is good; not superior of a good steel weldment, especially when neither material supports rotating stock. Wish I had a dime for every abused steady that someone tried to braze back together.