On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:21:01 -0500, Jess
wrote:

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:03:03 GMT, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:27:59 -0500, Jess
wrote:

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:29:51 -0700, Grant Erwin
wrote:

Jess wrote:

I've got this neat old steady rest, snip
need help with identifying its 'parent' machine
http://www.indiancreekprecision.com/steadyrest.html

snip It would be nice to
mention whether the castings are iron or aluminum. snip - GWE

Grant,

Thanks very much for the input.

These castings are heavy gray cast iron. Magnet sticks nicely.
This rest weighs 51.4 lbs., which is just about twice the weight of my
16" South Bend Steady rest.

The 'fingers' are 1.250 inch diameter, were turned on centers and are
an extremely nice fit in their bores, even with no tension on the
locks. The locks press in on the sides of the fingers in a gib or
tapered wedge manner.

I liked the large fingers, figured it would be a great candidate for
roller bearings. I may yet mill the bottom off of this thing and
kludge on something to mate with one of my lathes.

Maybe E. European import?

I was hoping someone here might recognize it as similar to one they
used on brand 'x'.

Thanks again,
Jess

Oddly enough..I have one nearly identical that came with my 15"
Clausing Cholchester

Shrug

Gunner
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Gunner,

Thanks for the help.
I don't guess Clausing ever made a 16, did they?


Jess


No..they made a 15 and a 17 though. How did you determine it was from
a 16" lathe ? Measure to the center of the steady, from the flat way?

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner