Metal lathe cross slide lock

[Paul Jones]

Rob,

Great suggestion using a ball bearing in the threaded hole. I have a taper gib on my cross slide with a locking screw similar to yours (see Homemade Lever Action Clamping Screws) but I will have to move the locking screw to the other side of the cross slide without a gib when I install a DRO sensor on the gib side. I think using the ball bearing plus a short cylindrical piece of tapered brass may become the locking mechanism on the cross slide side without the gib. Thanks for the idea.

Paul