"The Clark Steady Rest" for Woodturning Lathes --

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Tools for OneWay, Powermatic, Jet, Delta-Rockwell, General, Stubby, Vicmark, Rugged, Poolewood, Nova, etc.

Lyn Mangiameli's reviews for More Woodturning Magazine

See Lyn's reviews of my hollowing system and steady rest Opinionated Review part 4 page 8 and part 5 page 9.

LARGE Rugged 30 inch diameter ring - 3/8 inch thick steel construction - powder coated for a durable and beautiful finish! 1.25 inch diameter radial arms are chrome-moly hardened. The older version used 4 inch diameter wheels use ABEC 5 bearings. I have switched recently to 3 inch wheels which are harder. These wheels are clear. The Clark Steady Rests for lathes for 16 inches and below use a more square skateboard wheel (colors vary). All steady rests now come with a 4th tube mounted at about the 1 o'clock position to allow the turner to place the upper arm off center so the arm is out of the way of the laser holder of a hollowing system. Of course, my hollowing system is designed with an articulating and adjustable laser holder to get around this problem.

Steady Rest Designed for Powermatic Lathe

Weight of the steady without the arms and wheels is about 45 pounds! Turners often comment about how rugged and beefy these steady rests are! Turn near the maximum diameter allowed by your lathe!!

steady rest designed for Oneway 2436 Lathe


Whopper

Here is a steady rest for a 48 inch diameter swing lathe!!! It is designed to fit on the outboard extension of a Oneway. It uses 1.5 inch diameter arms and is 54 inches in diameter.


12 inch swing steady

Radial arms move to adjust from 1/2 inch to 23 inch diameter spindles or bowls for final shaping, sanding or hollowing!

1/2 inch mounting plate with recessed attachment bolt.

Let me know what lathe you have and I will create the proper configuration! Smaller lathes use smaller diameter ring structure as needed. I now have a new design for those using 20-24 inch swing lathes and having a need to stablize 20-23 inch diameter pieces. It uses a wrap around base and has 6 arms at the bottom to support heavy logs. Photo below! This version is priced at $700 with a total of 8 arms and wheels. Another way to support heavy pieces is to use an available adapter which allows 2 wheels per support arm. A 3-armed steady rest then holds 6 wheels to distribute the weight better.

Steady Rest Designed for hollowing heavy logs

Shown below is a new "Clark Multi-Steady" that can be used on 20 and 24 inch radius lathes. One pair of through tubes is aimed at 10 inches up and the second pair 12 inches up from the surface of the lathe bed. Multi-Steadys can be set up for 3 different sized lathes such as 16, 20, and 24 inch (e.g. Stubby, Powermatic, Oneway)

Steady for 20 and 24 inch diameter lathes

The Clark Multi-Steady features removable alignment plates to allow it to fit on many lathes!

Removable alignment plate


Here are a variety of steadys being made.

Production line - Variety of red steady rests

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PRICING (shipping is extra)

Clark Extra Heavy Steady 8 arm version for large log hollowing

  • $700.00 – 20 or 24 inch swing lathe

    • Clark Multi-Steady - Customized for up to 3 different lathes usually 16, 20 and 24 inch swings with removable alignment and adjustment plates – can be made for 8, 10, 12 or 10, 12, 16, or 12, 16, 20 inch swings or any combination almost! I provide the alignment and attachment plates according to the gap size for each lathe as needed.

    All steady rests are custom made to your specifications in terms of size, color, number of arms etc.

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