For a variety of reasons this is smoother and more secure than the last one. I was able to turn a 3" x 3" cup on a 10.5" piece without a problem. And it looks much smoother that when I make then by drilling out first.
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For a variety of reasons this is smoother and more secure than the last one. I was able to turn a 3" x 3" cup on a 10.5" piece without a problem. And it looks much smoother that when I make then by drilling out first.
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Is this the scraper you were talking about?
https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p...+point+scraper
I turned mine into a negative rake scraper...
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Yes, only much cheaper: 3rd from the left: http://www.harborfreight.com/Profess...-Pc-61794.html
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Brian, the new steady looks like it will do a good job. The only concerns I would have with it is that for you next one I would beef up the areas at the mounting base(see my red arrows on your pic). If anything were to go wrong with this one I think it would be at either side of the mounting. Those areas appear to be "less robust" then the rest of the steady.
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Good eye, James. I had made a mistake measuring and ended up with a cutout that was too high. I was about to throw it away when I realized I could cut some off the bottom, center it, and then built up the area around the base. The part your pointed at is 3/4" high and 1.5" thick. I could easily add more material at your arrow points. Thank you.
I will also be watching to see if those sides and tops are big enough. So far, it is like a rock, but I had intended for those to be about 50% thicker.
Here is a picture of that spot from underneath. I will strengthen it but it does have wider material than it appears.
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Hi Brian. Looks like your new one may solve your problem. Knowing my lack of knowledge of steady rests, I bit the bullet and bought a commercially made one off of ebay. The one that I had previoulsy bought from PSI (for considerably less $), didn't do the job. Here's a pic of the one I use now:
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Stan, I just looked at the PSI steady rest and it doesn't look at all adequate. This one looks very useful.
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Hi Brian. Yes, it serves the purpose very well. Seems like I always have to learn the hard (and expensive) way.
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