Shop built telescoping steady rest for South Bend Heavy 10 lathe

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https://imgur.com/gallery/vG8qS8O

Not a list of instructions, but enough detail in the photos for anyone who would like to give it a try. The main body is made from 3" bolted pipe flanges. Nice thick machineable steel, I had to do something useful with it.

The only thing not repurposed or scrap-sourced was the three 3/4" conduit couplings. I paid cash money for those, about $6.50 if I remember right. It's been on the back burner for a while, but I found myself needing to turn a clean shoulder on some 3" cast iron, so the steady rest got moved to the front of the project queue. It performed very nicely. Rock solid and smooth turning.

Nice Job

Doug

Nice solid steady, good use of re purposed materials. Most members have the ability to see something as potential for a new use.

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Thanks bobneumann! We've added your Telescoping Steady Rest to our Lathe Accessories category,
as well as to your builder page: bobneumann's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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