I needed a Carriage Stop

louosten

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I have a 12"x24" Taiwanese Lathe dated 1982, and branded as an Enco 92010 model. Pretty good machine, and having been cared for by previous owners, it is still reasonably accurate. It did not come with a carriage stop, which I needed; after doing endless searches for a proper accessory, I came to the conclusion that I'd probably have to make my own. After going through some planning, and finally doing the machining, I came up with this:

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I know there have been other posts about making carriage stops, so I'll refrain from the boring details unless there is sufficient interest in this particular reincarnation of a useful accessory. Most of the dimensions are not critical, and modifications can be made; but since this would probably fit most of the asian lathe bedways, someone might find the exercise useful.

Let me know, and if it does appear useful to enough people, I'll post some details of the process...

Lou O.
 
Looks good!
Details would be definitely appreciated :)
 
Nice looking peice. Have you tried it out? I think you are going to want to leave out the springs as you need your stop tight to the way.
I like it and you can continue to modify it as your needs and skills progress.
 
If the bolt were replaced with a micrometer head, you could use the stop for both roughing and for the finish pass.

I, also, see no reason for the springs--just a point of weakness.
 
springs make sense to me - push down on the bolts to open the bottom, slide onto the bed, release, it's held in place for tightening instead of the bottom being flippy floppy while tightening.
 
Made a similar stop. When using the feed, I couldn't disengage the feed fast enough and ran into the stop. I found the reason they use a "Plastic" drive gear on my Jet 9X20 lathe Expensive lesson. I assume the springs are to avoid this problem. HAve you had a similar problem? do the springs help?
 
I would counter bore a pocket around the clamping screws; going solid on the spring and then squashing it isnt going to make for a happy spring! You want the washers to touch the body.

Otherwise, nice job on the stop!

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Weldingrod1 said:
I would counter bore a pocket around the clamping screws; going solid on the spring and then squashing it isnt going to make for a happy spring! You want the washers to touch the body.
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If you look closely at the pic, it looks like the OP did exactly that - the bore is wider than the bolts and the springs recess into the bore.

Speaking of the OP, wonder where he went.....
 
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