Hi Matt,
I'm new to lathes too so this may be a case of the blind leading the
blind, but as a first project I built Rick Kruger's tailstock
camlock, see:
lstock/
This was reasonably easy to build from scrap, I used old bolts for
raw material and a piece of brass rod I found for the lever. I built
the version with the lever behind the tailstock, drilling a hole
through the web, an option Rick suggested. By having the cam shaft
go through the web it is constrains the vertical shaft from twisting
so a large washer was adequate as the contact for the under side of
the bed; Rick used a more elaborate contact with a setscrew to keep
the vertical shaft from twisting.
Since I don't have a 4 jaw chuck (it's in the mail...) I put a shim
between one jaw and the part as an offset to make the cam.
Overall, it's simple (once you see Rick's design), fun to make and it
works great.
John
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<kf4zgz@n...> wrote:
Hi gang!
I've been playing,er, working with the lathe and learning a
lot....now fer some info.
4- Suggestion for a good 1st time real project, thats easy!
Thanks , Matt
