Very nice, John. I love the camlock tailstock - it's
a huge timesaver and just a lot more pleasant to work
with than the wrench & nut arrangement.
I checked out your website & noticed the info on
microscopy. My dad bought microscopes for me and my
sister for Xmas when I was about 10 which began a
lifelong fascination with them. When I was in HS I
bought an oil immersion scope with a mechanical stage
from Lafayette Radio. It took weeks to arrive and I
remember coming home from school every day looking for
the much awaited package. When I finally got it I was
really excited - spent many happy hours with it. I
sold it some years later when I was newly married and
needed money. Sometime in the next 2-3 years I hope to
buy a good used microscope and get back into it.
You may want to check out my cam-action carriage lock
mod:
Frank Hoose
--- "John <moran03@...>"
<moran03@...> wrote:
Hi Frank,
Thanks for the comment. Sorry I wasn't clear about
the handle
location. I did put the handle in the position shown
on your site -
it seems more convenient there - but used Rick's
mechanism for
actuation. I have since posted a picture on my
site:
I like the cam concept a lot and will try to use it
to make a
variation of Vikki Ford's saddle lock. It seems as
if this would
allow locks on both sides of the saddle, actuated by
one lever,
without too much difficulty.
John
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., Frank Hoose
<fhoose@y...> wrote:
Here's an alternative design. Main advantage is
that
the lever is out of the way of the compound.
lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Modifications/Camlock_tailstock/Camlock.htm
Frank Hoose
--- "John <moran03@e...>"
<moran03@e...> wrote:
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
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