Making A Carriage Stop For My Lathe

[EdK]

Some of you may have seen this on another forum but for those that haven't I thought I'd post it hoping it might be useful for someone.

Sorry about some of the blurry pictures. My camera was crapping out and I have since gotten a new one so no more blurry pictures.

The pictures tell the story so I'll just post them. Any questions, don't be afraid to ask.

Ed

   

   

   

   

   

[EdK]

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[EdK]

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[EdK]

And the final picture. Done and ready to use.

Ed

   

[ETC57]

Ya know I don't think I've ever seen the finished product,

very nice Ed.

Thank you for sharing

Jerry.

[DaveH]

Ed,

Nicely made and nicely shown:):):)

I think that is one of the nicest carriage stops I have seen:):):)

DaveH

[Highpower]

(02-18-2012, 07:56 PM)ETC57 Wrote: Ya know I don't think I've ever seen the finished product,

very nice Ed.

Thank you for sharing

Jerry.

Same here. I never did see the end result. Thanks for posting that Ed. It is more detailed than I thought it would be. Nice finishing touches.

Gives the rest of us something to shoot for.

[RobWilson]

Hi Ed


Now thats a very well machined addition to your lathe ,, I like how you have went the extra mile to round off the corners of the body , touches like that really add to the look of the finished part .

If you dont mined i think i will follow your lead and make one for my CUB lathe


Rob

[EdK]

(02-19-2012, 05:34 AM)RobWilson Wrote: Hi Ed


Now thats a very well machined addition to your lathe ,, I like how you have went the extra mile to round off the corners of the body , touches like that really add to the look of the finished part .

If you don't mined i think i will follow your lead and make one for my CUB lathe


Rob

Rob,

I'm flattered.

One condition though. You have to post it as a project. Always a catch, isn't there.

Ed

[PixMan]

That certainly is one of the prettiest I've ever seen too. I don't know of any factory stops with that kind of attention to detail and finish.

About the only thing I might have done differently in design would be that I would make the thread a 40 pitch and leave a straight, clean ring of the major diameter of the adjusting nut to allow inscribing .001" graduations. That would make it a micrometer carriage stop.

What pitch thread does it have now? Looks like it might be about a 20TPI. If that's the case the adjusting nut seems big enough that you could turn a short (1/8"?) wide diameter just below the depth of the grooves, make a press-fit aluminum ring and inscribe 50 graduations around it.

Just a thought.