This site best viewed with the latest version of Netscape. The Steady Guide is a very lightweight accessory that clamps on to the gas mixing tubes of the torch, giving users the ability to cut straight, as well as cutting radiuses, circles and irregular surfaces smoothly. Cutting metal with a torch is normally done freehand, with less than perfect results.
Several variables can make a difference and affect the quality of the torch cut.
Gas and oxygen pressures are easy to control by following the manufacturer's recommended pressures for the size tip and metal thickness. The cutting speed and vertical or horizontal movement , however, are much harder to control. The Steady Guide controls the vertical and horizontal variables, so all the user has to control is cutting speed. Cutting speed controls preheat. So if your speed is right, the preheat is too.