On 2019-05-16, Leon Fisk wrote:
On 16 May 2019 02:20:55 GMT
"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

"Leon Fisk" wrote in message ...

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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.

Indeed it makes sense.

I wish that the nut for my 12x24" Clausing were that accessible.
It is in a cavity only accessible from the back of the tailstock.

The original design was a lever and cam to pull up the nut, but
that is not with mine (lost before I got the tailstock) and no longer
stocked by Clausing last I asked. So, I have a slip-on hex wrench made
for a Logan, with a long hex nut, with the center of the hex turned to a
cylinder so I can pull the wrench up a bit and slip it to the next teeth
in the socket. (No, I can't get to the back easily enough to switch the
ratchet direction on your inexpensive wrenches. Maybe I can make a
remote for the reverse switch and then use your wrench type for the
task.

Pretty much everything else in the lathe uses a single square
head which fits the supplied wrench. (The other end of the wrench
accesses the nuts holding the compound adjustment at need.)

For yours, what about making something to fit in the other end
which is hex of the right size for the wrench and has an extension also
hex (or square if so needed) to fit the carriage lock -- and if
necessary, Loctite it into the hex socket in the wrench. That way, one
wrench for both jobs.

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

Great idea.

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

Someday ... :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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