dmerc1953
Plastic
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2022
- Location
- Albuquerque New Mexico
How important is it to have your steady rest exactly centered on the lathe ways? I have a chance to get a no name steady rest for my South Bend Heavy 10. The seller states the distance from the center of the vee to the center of the mounting hole is 1-25/32. this is about 1/16" cheated towards the back of the lathe. Couldn't this much misalignment be taken up by the steady rest fingers? Mostly will use this to face longer pieces after doing required machining of the stock between centers. I'm pretty new at this so please don't laugh if this seems simple to you guys!