Lathe Carriage Locking Clamp

[Paul Jones]

I made a minor improvement to this lathe carriage locking clamp by adding a stop pin. Now I don't have to worry about the tailstock crashing into the end of the lathe carriage locking handle.

I added a vertical limit pin to prevent the carriage locking lever from getting in the way whenever the tailstock is moved forward into the lathe saddle area. The pin is 0.25 dia. T-303 stainless steel, extends 1.125" above the lathe carriage saddle, and threaded 10-32 x 0.25. I drilled the lathe carriage free-hand and bottom taped 10-32 x 0.313 deep (shallow enough to avoid the saddle lubrication channels above the ways).