Line boring bar stabilizers

[Frank S]

the line bore bar worked great even with the Hodge-podge set up however seeing that I could only take a very small cut even using the steady rest to assist in stabilizing the boring bar I Decided what I needed was stabilizer bearings like those I always used on any of my old boring bar setups
Enter a couple of bearings a pair of housings machined to fit and a pair of shaft adapters which are changeable for different diameter boring bars
Tack weld these to the sides of thje part being line bored and instantly I can take deeper cuts without fear of the whole thing jumping around on the lathe

It helped having the 100 year old lathe running so I didn't have to remove the set up from the other one to make these