"Robin S." wrote:
I have to work on Chinese/Taiwanese lathes at work. For some reason, they
decided to have every single clamping screw, that didn't have a handle
attached, a cap screw.
Cap screws are fine and dandy until they get filled up with coolant and
chips and I have to fiddle-fart around with them every time I want to move
the depth stop or compound or saddle clamp.
Of course, by the end of making a part, I'm super-****ed due to these stupid
screws and having to use a lathe graduated in .04mm increments (learning how
to count in 4's now) and who knows how many millimetres/rev (inch
leadscrews).
Anyway, has anyone thought up some kind of clamping fastener that doesn't
require a tool but fits into counterbored screw holes? I'm mostly venting
(perhaps someone will enlighten me as to why they do this???) but I do like
to make things easier for myself. There's nothing I hate more than to have
to fiddle around with a machine instead of with the part I'm trying to make.
/rant
Regards,
Robin
I believe that Shear Loc, the insta thumb folks make a
variety of knobs for metric screws:
http://www.shear-loc.com/
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Regards,
Steve Saling
aka The Garlic Dude
Gilroy, CA
The Garlic Capital of The World
http://www.pulsareng.com/