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[mick61]

Help I am looking for the thread on a lathe steady recently which used four wheels and some all thread.
Thanks Mick:D

[Chipman]

This might help....

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=68735&highlight=steady

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=69310

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=43160&highlight=steady+rest

http://www.atbq.qc.ca/jm2/steady.htm

http://www.hdv.net/tips/Making%20a%20Steady%20Rest.htm

Chipman

[OGYT]

Mick, I made one of those for my lathe (pic 1) and then saw the other one in a magazine, using T-Track aluminum to adjust the wheels, so I made one of them (pic 2). When I made the one with the all thread, I ran it through a die (with a drill motor) and re-tapped the nuts, so they would spin up and down faster. The T-Track is still a lot faster to adjust.

[Groggy]

Joe Greiner's thread (http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=68735)?

[mick61]

Thankyou It was the bar one for want of a better word .Thanks mick:D

[joe greiner]

Joe Greiner's thread (http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=68735)?

The arms on my four-wheeler are just clamped to the frame, less rigid than all-thread or T-track. I've found this an advantage in case of catches. With a rigid connection, a catch could destroy the piece. With the softer connection, a catch usually only knocks everything out of alignment, which isn't too difficult to restore. One of these days, I'll have fewer catches, but for the nonce, .... :-

Joe

[hughie]

One of these days, I'll have fewer catches, but for the nonce, .... :-




Joe,

You too? :U Some how I suspect that catches will always be with us a bit like the poor.

[mick61]

G`d I made a steady like OGYT but the noise is a bit ordinary will go back to drawing board.
Thanks Mick:D