two lathe stops (diy)

how I did my two lathe stops:
https://youtu.be/xofA8neRGZA

Greetings from Brazil

Celso Ari

More nice work and I know those will speed things up in the shop.

I know that you know better than to do that but those long sleeves close in to machine tools is a venerated recipe for disaster and injury. Better to roll them all the way up or put on a short sleeve shirt everywhere around machine tools. Don't get hurt.

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Originally Posted by Crusty

More nice work and I know those will speed things up in the shop.

I know that you know better than to do that but those long sleeves close in to machine tools is a venerated recipe for disaster and injury. Better to roll them all the way up or put on a short sleeve shirt everywhere around machine tools. Don't get hurt.

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thanks for the advice friend

Seriously man, don't get hurt in the machine shop - it can be a life changer. I cringed every time I saw those loose sleeves come near that spinning chuck just waiting to grab one.

you're right :agree:

chers

Celso Ari

Comments:

I think it is a bad design. I had a stop that used the lower, clamping piece to hold the stop rod for my lathe. It was never repeatable and any pressure on it would cause it to wiggle/move. Yours appears to have more beef to it and it uses two bolts instead of just one, but I still wouldn't trust it. When your close fit wears away, you will have problems. I made my own stop with the stop rod being held by the upper piece that is clamped onto the Vee way and all that went away.

Also, it is not a great idea to use the stamped on lettering on the heads of the bolts as the stopping surface. It is bad enough to have them striking against the rough casting of the carriage, but those raised letters can easily make impressions in that CI surface and, worse yet, in the paint on it. You should have machined that lettering off and also made a proper strike plate to mount on the carriage. The two surfaces could be made very slightly convex so they would always hit each other in a central location and not on an edge.

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Originally Posted by Paul Alciatore

Comments:

I think it is a bad design. I had a stop that used the lower, clamping piece to hold the stop rod for my lathe. It was never repeatable and any pressure on it would cause it to wiggle/move. Yours appears to have more beef to it and it uses two bolts instead of just one, but I still wouldn't trust it. When your close fit wears away, you will have problems. I made my own stop with the stop rod being held by the upper piece that is clamped onto the Vee way and all that went away.

Also, it is not a great idea to use the stamped on lettering on the heads of the bolts as the stopping surface. It is bad enough to have them striking against the rough casting of the carriage, but those raised letters can easily make impressions in that CI surface and, worse yet, in the paint on it. You should have machined that lettering off and also made a proper strike plate to mount on the carriage. The two surfaces could be made very slightly convex so they would always hit each other in a central location and not on an edge.

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Machining the screw head and other changes can be made easily.
The device is securely attached to the bed and does not slide. Thanks for your comment