Shopsmith Steady Rest help/tips: Steady Rest suggestions?

[GSchiela]

Hello,

I am trying to turn round pommels on Indian clubs, and I am using the Shopsmith steady rest to reduce chatter, but I am not sure I am using it well. In the images it shows the rest at sort of an underneath angle, but when I try that it sort of slides through. So I am trying to adjust it so it has no more room to slide, but it doesn't seem to maintain contact with the wood very well.

I searched here and youtube, but didn't see anything right away.
If anyone has any tips, I would appreciate it.

Also, people seem to prefer a three-point steady rest. Are there any that are readily adapted to the Shopsmith? I was thinking the one way head only could be made to fit, but not sure.

Thank you,
Gerry

[JPG]

I think we need to see a pix of YOUR setup.

[reible]

You want the support to be opposite to the direction that you are using the lathe chisels. Since this is horizontal in almost all cases the rest should behind the stock.

There is a size range for the rest, like maybe 1/2" dia to 3" or something like that. Without looking it up that is what I recall but it could be smaller/larger so make sure you are in that range. The documentation should cover that.

You pretty much have to keep the stock to the diameter it is set for at that location then when you are ready to move the rest you set it to the new diameter and turn down the old location to size with the rest at the new location.

Hope that makes sense.

I've always wanted to make my own version with skate board wheels and even have the wheels somewhere but never got to it, yet anyway. If I did go that way it would be a three wheel arrangement. Yet another project I haven't gotten to, that makes about a million and half of them.

Ed

[GSchiela]

I had removed the spindle and cleaned up, but here is the setup.
I don't know if Screw 6 is the culprit--the manual twice mentions tightening it, but all it seems to be is a slider for the support. It doesn't lock the support at all.
I find that I can snug it like this at first, but as soon as there is a little chatter it just gets knocked back and out of place--unless, I let the support slide all the way to front where it can't move.
I don't know if there is some trick I am missing with this thing.
Thanks for your help.

[GSchiela]

Screw 6.

[GSchiela]

My Shopsmith at the moment.

[GSchiela]

Hello,

Thank you. There are three settings and it states from 3/16" to 3.5".
I was on middle setting around 1.25".

[JPG]

Screw 6 definitely should tighten so as to secure the position along the slot as well as the vertical angle.

If it does not, it may be striped or insufficiently tightened.

[GSchiela]

Screw 6 definitely should tighten so as to secure the position along the slot as well as the vertical angle.

If it does not, it may be striped or insufficiently tightened.

Thank you! Turns out there was like a burr or something on the thread, I just ran a die over it and now it tightens. Duh! I should have checked that, but as I have never used one I didn't know.

I think I am going to try to pick up a oneway three point and see if I can adapt it also.

Thank you for your help.

[davebodner]

Here's my three-wheel steady rest from a previous post.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... dy#p192843