Well I finally built a steady rest from scraps around the shop and below is the rest plus the first product from it. Works great and I should not have dragged my feet on building it. Spent alot of time thinking I was going to weld one up but gave up on that and went this way. Seems to be plenty steady enough for my needs. You may notice that the wheels are mounted towards the headstock in on picture and reversed in the other picture. That was for no real reason other than to try them both ways.
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