Myfored saddle stop

[Firebird]

Hi

another one of those should have done it years ago things. Once again no plans just build to fit. The round bar is 8mm and came out of an old printer.







Cheers

Rich

[arnoldb]

Nice going Rich 

As useful as the Myford's gap bed is, it does make life harder when trying to use a bed-mounted saddle stop.

  I also like roundy bits out of old printers!

Kind regards, Arnold

[Stuart]

Nice work but having  a 7B  ( with gear box ) fills that area up

a neat solution using the tapped holes that are present

I have built the Hemingway one that fits on the TS end and connects to the thread dial stud


works well
http://www.hemingwaykits.com/acatalog/Multi_Position_Saddle_Stop___Myford_7_Series.html


Stuart

[tel]

Nice one Rich, almost in the same spot as mine.

My lathe was not cleaned up for this pic, BTW.

[arnoldb]

My lathe was not cleaned up for this pic, BTW.

Looks much too tidy to me Tel - you should make some chips for a change.

[tel]

Nah - might scratch the paint!

And for those odd occasions when a rear saddle stop is needed (it happens) I made this cheap and cheerful gizmo.

[Bill L.]

Good one Rich . I always like seeing picts of your beautiful Myford.
Bill L.

[Firebird]

Hi

Thanks gents.

Tel, I like the idea of the rear saddle stop, I gotta make one of them now 

I also like the idea of the little handles, removes the need to search for the hex key, I gotta make them as well now

Cheers

Rich

[mklotz]

For the benefit of readers who may not notice...

Pay attention to Tel's design of the lozenge-shaped T-nut that he uses to secure his stop.  This shape allows him to drop the T-nut into the slot at any point (as opposed to sliding it in from the end of the slot), twist it a bit and have it seat against the slot flanges to hold the carriage stop in place.

Exactly the same principle can be used for T-nuts for the milling machine.  Especially handy if you need to mount a clamp between two that are already in place.

One caution... If you make such clamps be aware that they can not handle the loads that a standard T-nut can.  Don't reef on them.  [Actually, you shouldn't be reefing on any of your T-nuts.  Too much risk of damaging the mill table.  Use more clamps, position them more carefully, or rethink your clamping strategy if you need more holding force.]