CNC made Steady Rest

[handi]

Sometimes I use my CNC for making wood parts, but other times I use it to make accessories for my traditional woodworking tools. Such as this steady rest I made for my lathe. 



This one is centered 8” off the bed for my Galaxi, and uses skateboard wheels as rollers. 
I will be posting a video on my YouTube channel, and probably offering the .dxf files as well. 
I have drawn them sized for lathes from 10” swing to 24”

[BloomingtonMike]

Great job!

[FrankAtl]

What brand of CNC router do you have Ralph?

[handi]

What brand of CNC router do you have Ralph?

I have one of the original CNC Shark units. Literally 10 years old now. I am looking at upgrading, but for now it meets my needs. About a 22” square working envelop.

[sniper]

Very cool.

Shame you didn't size your drawing to handle a real man's lathe (Robust AB is 25" swing)

[handi]

Very cool.

Shame you didn't size your drawing to handle a real man's lathe (Robust AB is 25" swing)

I can draw one up for you in that size if you want!

[Stwood_]

Looks like you didn't wipe off the glue squeeze out there.

[handi]

Looks like you didn't wipe off the glue squeeze out there.

Did not on purpose, call it a fillet!

[Arlin Eastman]

Now that is REALLY nice Ralph and well done to.

Just a question tho.  How does it hold up vs the solid one?  Will it support it as well and not shake or anything else?

I really like it because you can almost always either keep it on the lathe or easily put it on while the object is still on the lathe.

[handi]

Now that is REALLY nice Ralph and well done to.

Just a question tho.  How does it hold up vs the solid one?  Will it support it as well and not shake or anything else?

I really like it because you can almost always either keep it on the lathe or easily put it on while the object is still on the lathe.

Arlin, is it as rigid as a cast iron unit? Not at all. It also cost me about $30.00 and can be made in almost any size.

The top section does vibrate a bit when running at high rpm, but that does not seem to effect the hold. The wheels are just very slightly squishy, so they keep the part running true even with the top moving a bit. I have some video showing it running and I used t to turn the part seen in the photo.