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Homemade Steady Rest


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Hayson on mb.nawcc.org
DESCRIPTION:
Homemade steady rest for a watchmakers' lathe. Fashioned from a crox nut and hardware.
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Dec 04, 2016 11:09 PM
charsand
sweet! going to get started, as quick as i find a large nut. this will go great with my 9x20 that didn't come with my purchase. most if not all my work is on the smaller scale, and this will fit the bill! i was just looking at some in the little machine shop catalog.
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charsand says:
Dec 04, 2016 11:09 PM
sweet! going to get started, as quick as i find a large nut. this will go great with my 9x20 that didn't come with my purchase. most if not all my work is on the smaller scale, and this will fit the bill! i was just looking at some in the little machine shop catalog.

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