For Sale - Lathe Steady Rest (to be identified)

M.B. Naegle said:

This one came with my 16" Hendey, but doesn't fit. I thought about adapting it to our 15" Clausing but if someone can identify it, I'd rather pass it on to a proper home and find a proper 15" Clausing steady.

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Depending how your lathe measures, I'm thinking this is somewhere between a 14" and 16" swing. The bottom is pretty rusty and the flat way particularly will likely need to have some material grafted on to remedy the pitting, but a good bit of sand-blasting and oil will likely put it back into service. I don't have the clamp plate or bolt, but those are easy to fab.

There was also an extra knob/handle with my Hendey that didn't belong to it, but given the paint and condition, I'd bet came off of the same lathe as this steady. I'll post a picture of it too and see if that helps identify the application.

I'm thinking $100 plus shipping? Shoot me an offer. It's available for local pick-up in Conroe Texas (north Houston), but if it ships, I'll take it apart to make it smaller and secure it in a wood lined box so it survives the trip.

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M.B. Naegle said:

I keep thinking Monarch, but all the one's I see in my search's I think are newer.

It's height would work with my 16" Hendey, but the base is way to short for my Hendey's birthing-hip ways, and I already have 2 Hendey steadys (don't look like this one).

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M.B. Naegle said:

South Bend is a good possibility. It has the right overall shape, but I haven't seen one with the long set screw bosses like this one.

The handle could be a South bend back gear tumbler. Our 1940's Heavy 10 has a different shape to the hand-end.

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truc said:

is this steady rest still available? thanks, [email protected]

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truc said:

is this steady rest still available? thanks, [email protected]

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