NOTE: THIS STEADY MAY FIT SOME MACHINES THAT ARE COPIES OF OUR OLDER DESIGNS. Please refer to the last photo which shows a steady modified by a customer to fit a smaller Smithy-grizzly size 3 in 1 machine by cutting the supports and bolting the upper section back to the base.
The fixed steady (or in other wording the steady rest) is usually optional equipment for the bench lathes. However, the steady rest could be proven quite handy for specific projects even for the bench lathe, especially in cases of processing long, thin and light materials susceptible to vibration during metalworking.