Tailstock retractor

Thanks for sharing, that's a very cleaver idea. Bob
 
Andre said:
I'm guessing somewhere along those lines, a countershaft engagement/disengagement linkage for an Atlas 10"?
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BING BING BING We have a winner!!

I found the lever and link with bushings on ebay and it did what I wanted it to do.

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mark_f said:
Thanks for posting that. Very clever!

I think that would work well drilling aluminum, I constantly have to loosen the tail stock and drag it out by hand and push it back in and tighten again to clean the chips out. This would make that job easier.


Mark Frazier
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If you need to loosen the tailstock by getting a wrench out and loosening the nut, move it back, get the wrench and tighten the nut you might think about making one of those lever nuts you see there in the picture. It is like having a camlock tailstock and all you do is move the lever a quarter turn or so to loosen then pull it back, clear chips move it back and lever it tight.

To make one first drill and tap the metal cylinder THEN put the cylinder on and find out where the handle needs to go in (To make it tight when the handle is where it needs to be), mark the place then drill and tap the place to have the handle come out. I used 6 inch stainless steel bolts with for the handles and cut the head off and threaded it for strong handle shaft.
 
Cadillac STS said:
If you need to loosen the tailstock by getting a wrench out and loosening the nut, move it back, get the wrench and tighten the nut you might think about making one of those lever nuts you see there in the picture. It is like having a camlock tailstock and all you do is move the lever a quarter turn or so to loosen then pull it back, clear chips move it back and lever it tight.

To make one first drill and tap the metal cylinder THEN put the cylinder on and find out where the handle needs to go in (To make it tight when the handle is where it needs to be), mark the place then drill and tap the place to have the handle come out. I used 6 inch stainless steel bolts with for the handles and cut the head off and threaded it for strong handle shaft.
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Yes, I definitely need to make one of these. I have to loosen the tail stock with the wrench ( but it is only a quarter turn) The hard part is dragging it back to yank the chips out and shoving it back in again. I think this will make my deep hole drilling (up to 3") easier for my arthritic old hands.

Thanks ,
Mark Frazier :))
 
mark_f said:
Yes, I definitely need to make one of these. I have to loosen the tail stock with the wrench ( but it is only a quarter turn) The hard part is dragging it back to yank the chips out and shoving it back in again. I think this will make my deep hole drilling (up to 3") easier for my arthritic old hands.

Thanks ,
Mark Frazier :))
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That quarter turn is the key to how the lever nut works. If it needed to be further it wouldn't work. Go for it. A nice short and useful project.
 
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