10L steady rest

SteveBrown

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I am wondering if the heavy 10 bed 1955 year would be the same as the SB1007 geared lathe. There seem to be an abundance of steady rests for the sb1007. I'm needing a steady rest for my 1955 7621RKL13.
 
I doubt it. Although it says it is a South Bend, it is in name only.
 
Correct, name only. The SB1007 is a lot closer to a Precision Mathews than an original South Bend.
Gizzly is pretty good about answering technical questions. You could ask them about distance between ways and distance from top of way to center of the steady rest. That would give you something to compare to your Heavy 10
 
If it sits, it fits, right? Base width and center height matter, beyond that, rests aren't really unique to one machine. Unless you're going for the concours numbers matching thing, with the assembler's chalk marks on the firewall and all. That's okay too, it just takes longer to find the part and the price might not be nice. You never know. But there are a lot of steady rests out there that will fit your lathe, they aren't very precise pieces of equipment. The critical alignment is done by the fingers, not the base or ring.
 
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