While working on the compound clamp mod, I came across the compound lock, where a lever operated cam fixes the compound in place, instead of having to loosen the clamp bolts.
Any pics or drawings?
While working on the compound clamp mod, I came across the compound lock, where a lever operated cam fixes the compound in place, instead of having to loosen the clamp bolts.
Any pics or drawings?
Louis, there are lots of plans online for building a tailstock lever-lock for several chinese lathes. The compound locks I've seen looked like a variation of the same principle
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