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A Carriage Stop for my Lathe
Charles Lamont:
Fair enough, I'll get my coat. But - Steve's OP said he wanted to make his own stop, and I wanted to suggest something that I think might be simpler to make and easier to use.
vtsteam:
Charles, I'd be happy to see your carriage stop in greater detail, if you still feel like it. :cheers:
vtsteam:
I've just found a new photo of another Atlas carriage stop. In this one the "bumps" are actually screws. This makes some sense, since it might be intended to adjust for wear/scraping of the ways.
Charles Lamont:
Sure. Here is the GA. My ancient Autosketch does not easily produce good images for the web, differentiating between line weights is problematic, but you get the general idea. You can have the detail drawing too if you like.
The only slightly unusual feature is that the locking cotter blank was clamped in place while the spindle hole was drilled and tapped. After that operation the cotter was removed and shortened a little at the inner end to give clearance. I was unsure about it, but it turns out it can be assembled without much trouble and it work well.
vtsteam:
Thanks Charles, very nice! :cheers:
Turns out I wouldn't be able to make one like that for my lathe because the carriage wings actually can travel beside the headstock -- per photo below where it is approaching. A full cross piece would really limit movement of the carriage near the headstock. But I do like your design a lot. Thanks for showing!
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