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Default Carriage lock screw - Any reason not to

On 16 May 2019 02:20:55 GMT
"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

"Leon Fisk" wrote in message ...


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I bought a cheap set of HF metric ratchet wrenches that have reverse on
them:

https://www.harborfreight.com/4-pc-m...set-68833.html

I leave the 12mm on/in the tail stock locking bolt. One more idea


Cheap and not capable of much torque -- but quite likely
sufficient for your specified needs.


DoN, if you see the tail-stock it makes a lot more sense:

https://i.postimg.cc/rFQzNcW0/Lathe-9x20-tailstock.jpg

They just give you a bolt head to secure the tail-stock. You can't
quite release it with one grab using a standard wrench. So you have
fiddle with the wrench on/off the head to both loosen and tighten the
tail-stock.

I also added a spring underneath between the wedging nut and the stock.
Helps to release it a bit sooner.

What it really needs is the cam-lock mod but I'm lazy...

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI