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Modified steady rest - lumby BC
- Thread starter justin1
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About 5.25" ish
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If @quitereal doesn’t grab it I’d like to give it a new home. I think it’d look right at home on my Standard Modern. No need for the extra steel either. 
Crazy, that looks like a PA price tag on it!
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Crazy, that looks like a PA price tag on it!
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Ye it is a PA tag lol and he hasn't pmed about wanting it so your basiclly first inline.
Also corner has been milled off but should be ok still but may need some rework but easy enough to braze material on or even just drill and tap chunk back on
Super! I’ll catch up with you on PMs tomorrow WRT details about getting it here.
I would imagine any mods would be less involved than making one from scratch which was what I was contemplating.
Thanks for offering it up to the group, can’t say enough about the good people here!
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quitereal
Andy
Go for it, i was just curious, sometimes i wish the manufacturer would stamp the thing so a guy would know what it came off. Ive got two that were modified to fit mine.If @quitereal doesn’t grab it I’d like to give it a new home. I think it’d look right at home on my Standard Modern. No need for the extra steel either.
Crazy, that looks like a PA price tag on it!
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Funny about the modded steadies, I wonder if that’s what happened to the original ones for my lathe……
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KeeponDragon
no problems... just challenges
so there WAS a time when PA sold more than the offerings of today??
dang....that steady must be from the 70's - 80's?
dang....that steady must be from the 70's - 80's?
Tecnico got dibs on it atm just figuring out if there is reasonable means of shipping it that's not Canada Post.
@Tom Kitta
@Tom Kitta
KeeponDragon
no problems... just challenges
The challenge will be getting a courier to pickup in Lumby...for those not in the know of "small town BC" Lumby is a village, roughly 20 mins from Vernon, and about 45 from Kelowna.
There is one, blinking, 4 way red eye, at the main intersection of town...so the bigger couriers don't make special trips out there, and when they do...its probably unholy expensive...
If this turns into a shit show...I may be able to help...
I have coworkers who live off of Maple Street in Lumby (Down by Pat Duke Memorial)
All Justin has to do is drop it off at their place.
At our work, we ship and receive parts daily.
I can get it to where it needs to go, AFTER I get a few rate quotes and Tecnico picks one that works for him.
There is one, blinking, 4 way red eye, at the main intersection of town...so the bigger couriers don't make special trips out there, and when they do...its probably unholy expensive...
If this turns into a shit show...I may be able to help...
I have coworkers who live off of Maple Street in Lumby (Down by Pat Duke Memorial)
All Justin has to do is drop it off at their place.
At our work, we ship and receive parts daily.
I can get it to where it needs to go, AFTER I get a few rate quotes and Tecnico picks one that works for him.
Thanks for the interest & offer for help! Quaint description of Lumby, sounds like a great place to have home base!
I’m not in a panic to ship so I’m fine with CP presuming they don’t fold but as I discussed with @justin1 if something comparable/not too outrageous popped up in the meantime then that’s fine too. I’m just so pleased to have a steady I can adapt to my lathe fall in my lap that I can have patience getting it here. BTW, here is essentially Halifax.
Thanks!
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Do show us what you’re building. Even presuming the one @justin1 has works out fine for me, what you’re building may inspire some thoughts for a traveling steady too.
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Tom O
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Haha fair ye surprised anyone knows that town considering some people from lumby don't have a clue about it.
Also package sizing is 11"x12"x2.5" and weight is 13.8lbs so I'm gonna see what I can find out.
Haha ouch not shipping FedEx probly and I think UPS and Purolator want to join the strike so running low on options I guess till Canada Post is back?
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Tom Kitta
Ultra Member
Yeah but are you willing to part with it? For what size lathe is it? As in the height. I guess I can cut the legs. I can trade some taps for it.
Tom Kitta
Ultra Member
How about trading you some round steel for it? Aluminum?