Mike, your steady rest looks fine from here, from the "Crude But Effective School of Design". I too have an advanced degree from that institution. Looking forward to seeing your HF when finished.
Richard in Wimberley
oneway's wheel is some type of gum, that sort of sands itself off onto your hf, after hollowing take steady off and while still in chuck sand the area with 240 grit and take it (blend in) to whatever grit the rest of the turning is
the wheels from oneway are not flat and are not made to run on concrete or ashapht, most hollow forms are not flat either
for hollow forms i had a hand fabricated thing, it was ok, i used oneway wheels with it.... i had a oneway bowl steady (where i became hooked on oneway wheels) then one day on the want ads on a board someone offered another oneway bowl steady, i bought that one at a good price, i had seen where two oneway bowl steady where used on hf, one on each side, but they had used both bottom pieces, i took both down to machine shop and ask them to make with one base and one side adjustable
works for me i believe the wheels are the main thing, the rest is support
Mike i like your design, and wish i was "handy", i can see what needs to be done but anything with a 90 degree angle i would waste more time and material
Last edited by charlie knighton; 11-19-2009 at 8:23 PM.
That's great Mike!!!!
I just ordered the wheels for my steady rest yesterday!
It must be scary turning something that long for the first time!!!
Michael
Take care!
Michael
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blew up the form in the pics above - dug too deep inside with my cutter, and when smoothing the outside (unplanned - was going to leave the 'grooves' on it) i made the outside diameter smaller than the inside diameter. oh, well - pencil holder for the hut now.
Probably better luck next time Mike. Good test run for your steady rest anyhow. Recently had an unplanned design opportunity of my own. Didn't really want to make another hollowform. Maybe a lidded vessel would be good.
Richard in Wimberley
MIke, Not bad for a guy who wanted a steady rest for little cost! As many of you know I make them to sell and I use brand new wheels that were made for inline skates. The material is the same as all the other wheels and the color is a non issue. The first one I made used wheels salvaged from an old pair of my sons inline skates that he grew out of. I had to use the belt sander to get them back to round, as many times the wear on one side more than the other. That being said there are some wheels that are made for indoor use only, not that there are many places that have indoor inline skate parks. The indoor wheels may be a little softer, but I have not seen any personally. But most are all the same and the GREAT "ONEWAY" company uses the same thing. Like I have said before if you think a name makes the tool the best of the best, then spend your money and be happy! Me I like to buy inexpensive and be even happier!!!
Your shop is like mine full the brim and still bringing in more stuff!
Some day you can sand it up and put some paint on it to make it purty!
Jeff
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Looks great - you can get wheels at any skateboard shop.