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Portable Sawmill & Tree Service – Abingdon, VA

Made a Steady Rest

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Made a Steady Rest

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Made a Steady Rest

Dick Parr

>Well our youngest daughter has the wife out for the day and so I played in the shop. Darn, all by myself in the shop all day.

Well I got the wheels for this project on Friday from Gary Evans and decided it was time to Get 'R' Done. I got the idea/design from Dominic Greco here on the WC and as slow as I am and with a lot of rest periods, it took all day.

But it is done and I am happy with it, it works. This should allow me to make a few things I have been holding off on until I got one of these rests.

It is made from scrap 3/4" oak ply that was sitting around, a few knobs and 1/4-20 from Lee Valley and I finished it with Deft semi gloss spray.

Thanks for looking

Dick


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John McAtee

>Nicely done, Dick. Looks sturdy.

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John Lucas

>Dick

Good job. Just a question. Why did you put the metal on the top roller guide and not on the bottom 2. I made wooden slots in all 3 positions on mine. I'm wondering if I missed something that might make it better. John

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Gary Evans, Tallassee, TN

>Very nice work, Dick,

Glad to see that you got 3 good wheels.

Gary

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Dick Parr

>John the bottom two are riding on the outside plywood brace so none was needed. While at Arrowmont last month for a Ray Key demo with our turning club, I noticed that the steady rests hanging on the wall all had metal on either side of the roller guides. Since I didn't want to build up anymore wood to hamper access over the top, I just used some metal that I had on hand.

I figured if it was OK for Arrowmont to use, then I would give it a try. It does keep the top roller guide from moving around.

Dick

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Dick Parr

>Ya Gary,

I was able to get 3 good ones and just chucked them up on the pen mandrel and used some sandpaper to smooth all the high spots off and get all the gravel out. Looks like they will work great.

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Dick Parr

>John here is a better shot at an angle showing the bottom two roller guides resting on the plywood brace.


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John Lucas

>Thanks. I thought maybe I had missed something important.

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Nice job!

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

>Dick,

Glad to see you got around to making this! Outstanding job!

See ya around,

Dominic

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John K Jordan

>Dick,

Wow, that was quick! What a craftsman.

BTW, I certainly enjoyed hanging out and seeing your shop the other day with Gary. (VERY nice shop!) I've got big plans for some of the wood and material you gave me. (Hey, did you ever try laminating corian and wood then turning?)

JKJ in East TN

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John K Jordan

>Oh, and I forgot to mention - if you ever need steel for some jig or project don't go buy any - I've got about 8000 lbs in the shed behind my chicken house, along with welder, etc. I don't have much angle iron, but I have a lot of flat, bar, and round stock in a variety of sizes. Most of it is hot rolled, but some cold rolled.

JKJ, up the road

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