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A Carriage Stop for my Lathe
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--- Quote from: vtsteam on February 27, 2026, 05:43:21 PM ---Any idea what those rounded bumps on it were? Dowel pins?
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There is no way that weird clamp plate came from the factory looking like that. Rough sawn edges, very irregular shape, strange bumps, etc.
My guess is that this is merely some homemade version to work on a specific lathe.
As I said above, the "assembly" is nuts. The bumps would have been opposite the bolt heads or on the top of the screw assembly. I would guess that they are for filling a gap to keep the clamp plate aligned properly. If the plate is not exactly parallel to the face of the ways the clamping force will be reduced.
I had my original clamp plate in my scrap box for a long time, but when I just looked I cannot find it. I may have used it for something else. I do not recall that it had any bumps.
Gene
vtsteam:
Okay, thanks Gene. :cheers:
Charles Lamont:
That seems both over-complicated and very resistant to adjustment in situ. I posted a simple one I made for my Myford a while ago, here: https://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,11700.msg275002.html#msg275002
vtsteam:
--- Quote from: Charles Lamont on March 01, 2026, 10:04:29 PM ---That seems both over-complicated and very resistant to adjustment in situ. I posted a simple one I made for my Myford a while ago, here: https://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,11700.msg275002.html#msg275002
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Very pretty, but Gene just adapted an existing Atlas lathe carriage stop and showed it here only to answer my questions about the design of the original Atlas stop. :cheers:
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--- Quote from: Charles Lamont on March 01, 2026, 10:04:29 PM ---That seems both over-complicated and very resistant to adjustment in situ. I posted a simple one I made for my Myford a while ago, here: https://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,11700.msg275002.html#msg275002
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Thank you for your helpful review. :lolb:
My crude version adjusts instantly in a manner completely similar to yours. Move the entire assembly with a single socket-head screw and fine adjust by rotating the graduated knob.
I use it daily, but I never bothered to clean it up to make it presentable to outsiders. :facepalm:
Gene
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