Lathe Carriage Stop

[olderdan]

rossbotics,

Hi Doug,
I actually have a 20" DRO mounted on the backside of my 7 x 16 Micromark mini lathe. That takes care of most of my depth needs, but it still would be nice to have a depth stop for those longer run jobs that become mundane. That is when I tend to get careless and accidents can happen. A positive stop is good insurance.

DROs are fine and I often wish I had them but an accurate bed stop will let you concentrate on what is going on without having one eye on a counting down readout, I may yet fit one to my crosslide as that will be all I need to eliminate the backlash from readings.