Lathe Carriage Stop (with dial indicator)

I finally get around to making a lathe carriage stop that utilizes a dial indicator. No more mag base shuffling!
Drawings to be posted if you want to build one yourself. Checkout my blog: www.thecogwheel.net.
Music provided by Meydän and used under a Creative Commons licence:
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Knight Moves, Night Moves
L'Etoile Danse (part 1 and 2)
Underwater (Part 2)
Thanks everyone!

[@thecogwheel]

Hi everyone. Drawings are now posted on my blog: thecogwheel.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/carriage_stop_rev01.pdf

[@ActiveAtom]

What a nice build and history lesson we enjoyed listening to. We like the material choices here. We read that someone liked seeing the shaper at work, they are so mesmerizing to watch a true joy they truly are. We both enjoyed the great care and the pride you put into your work, you are to be commended and the end result a hand adjustable carriage stop, used with such ease thanks to your upgrades, Lance & Patrick.

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks guys.

[@TroyeStonich]

A lovely harmony of music and machining. Great job and great video, very entertaining.

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks Troye!

[@madeddiesman-stylemonsterm6662]

Nice build. I plan to make one soon. Thank you for sharing this! Your’s is one of the rare, finest lathes.

[@StefanGotteswinter]

Well built, well done video!

[@thecogwheel]

Now my lathe has a DRO - Dial Read Out. thanks Stefan. Included recommended hard stop :).

[@StefanGotteswinter]

@@thecogwheel I am very happy to see the hard stop incooperated :)

[@TheJoyofPrecision]

Great work, on the carriage stop and the video! It was especially nice to see the shaper get some screen time. 🙂

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks Max. The shaper could have got a lot more screen time LOL.

[@nigelturner2018]

Fantastic project

[@ianviljoen9036]

Excellent video. Feeling inspired. Thank you

[@mikewalker4062]

Just found this. Amazing video. I have a SM 1130. Will be making this. Thanks again.

[@dons3357]

That’s really nice, thanks for sharing a great project.

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks Don. It is a fun project that I did get a little carried away with. But in the end it was worth it.

[@bob_mllr]

Really enjoyed this. Great production and a very nice tool 👏👏👏.

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks Bob!

[@mertonsilliker3686]

Another fine job, thanks for sharing

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks Merton!

[@TigerCarpenter]

wow this is a piece of art I envy you all your tools and machinery

[@SS-Workshop]

Nice work, very enjoyable to watch.

[@thecogwheel]

thanks!

[@conservative-proud]

Very nice work !

[@columjevens4612]

Very nice c stop ,looks great too!

[@thecogwheel]

thank you!

[@josephmufdi4564]

Wow! That is awesome.

[@georgeelliott7353]

Climb cutting was the demise of your slitsaw. I learned a lot abot the process recently.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

Wow, I’m envious of that shaper (in a good way)! How cool is that? You do a very nice build.

[@stevenking6400]

Thanks for posting

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks Steven!

[@JohnDoe-ls2ww]

That doc on the clamping screw 😮

[@terrydavis9311]

Nicely done. And thank you for the drawings. (I am a sub.)

[@gerritvisser]

Thank you for reminding me why I have a small shaper! Tried on milling machine before but not happy with the angles for the ways (not 90 degree!) Aslo great to see you using Weicon retaining compounds, love their dispensers and prices.

[@sorryimajerk735]

thanks for the prints man

[@mechaform]

I miss the podcast! Please start it up again.

[@philoso377]

Thanks for sharing detail motion captured, particularly the cutting accident. That happened to me. I was wrong about my vise can hold my work against the cutting force in any directions. Actually, clamping force is weaker 90 degrees to the clamping force. Supporting factors? eccentric circular saw, teeth count vs rpm, feed rate, relative material-blade hardness. Lesson learned? Set the cutting tangental force in the direction of clamping force. Outlook? How about a self centering four jaw milling vise? With independent X and Y lamp axis?

[@currentbatches6205]

Won't fit my lathe, but it got me thinking; got some sketches in process. Seems it is best to keep all the clamping fasteners as tight to the ways as possible, so mine it going to be longer than yours on the X-axis. Thanks. Added by edit: I've got two mag-mounted dial indicators. The 3" travel sort of acts like a DRO and does fine to +/-.002. The Starrett should be good for +/- .0005", but. But I really want a STOP. Unfortunately, your carriage dims don't get anywhere close mine. Design sketches from dims off of mine have the stop very close to the clamp screws (to keep the moment arm short) and the D-I outboard, since it doesn't load the mount at all. Still scribbling. Fitted a DRO to the mill in the interim; I now have a design to fit a Grizzly 12-24. Your design suggested how to look at it.

[@ScottDube1]

Great build! I would like to 3d print this to check for fit, would you be willing to provide the fusion 360 or a dxf file for the main body and clamp? Thanks!

[@darryllcrook376]

I wonder if the stop rod (part 6) would benefit from a hard stop on it (a much longer cap) to give a minimum setting that makes it impossible to destroy the dial indicator once all its travel is used up.

[@thecogwheel]

Excellent suggestion! I think that is a very good improvement.

[@lenchodirker710]

Nice posting ! Thank you. That slitting saw probably wasn't tempered properly. Good thing it didn't fly into your face.

[@thecogwheel]

Yes, I tested a piece of the broken saw and it indeed was far to brittle. Thanks Len!

[@santopezzotti730]

Hi can you tell me what was the model name and number of your layout tool. And what type of files ( small one's) are they. Thanks I am a Beginner at 70 years old

[@skipgoryews1356]

Well done ! Very clean and smooth tooling. Hope to see more on the shaper , Is that an atlas shaper ?

[@hairyfro]

Really nice build, and great videography as well. I look forwad to seeing the plans - the carriage stop that came with my lathe is..... underwhelming.

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks Nicholas. Stay tuned for the drawings. Almost done - just need a day or 2 so I can check them.

[@GrumpiesGarage]

Great job ...nicely produced video......just watch out climb cutting with a slitting saw......

[@thecogwheel]

yes you need to be careful.

[@ronaldbeal]

Awesome and inspiring work. A few questions from a beginning home machinist: 1) What is the contraption you used to scribe lines on the blue? (looks handy) (around 3:00 mark) 2) Towards the end, you "washed" the parts... was that a de-greaser or something else? (around 17:30) 3) What was the machine/process used around the 4:30 mark... how does it clean up the cuts but still follow the contours? thanks

[@thecogwheel]

Thanksk Ronald. 1. - that's a height gauge. One of my favourite home shop metrology tools. They are a bit pricey but well worth it for layout and measuring work. You can find used ones inexpensive - especially the older vernier models. 2. It was rubbing alcohol - I use it to clean stuff up before loctite. 3. That's called a metal shaper. It is an older machine that is pretty much obsolete these days in production machining. There are a number of KZbin videos on shapers.

[@panchovilla1486]

I hope you're doing okay we haven't see you in a while

[@homemadetools]

Nice, subscribed. Feel free to embed your video on our homemade tools forum; looks like you're one of us :)

[@duicenasty1078]

Hi. I think the slitting saw broke because you were clime milling with it. The last slitting saw operation i did blew my gear box. Poor plastic gears ):

[@capitainehaddock9388]

Nicely done ✅ But i was wondering if it can be used on a clean lathe without chips under it? 🤔

[@jdshenanigans9265]

Nice build but not every one has 5 to 7 grands worth of tools to make it . But looked nice

[@thecogwheel]

Thanks man. I don't have anywhere near that into the equipment.

[@BRANDON-IRON009]

Not even going to watch the video when what I see in the preview is him deburring his work on the granite plate. Too much for my OCD, could be the most skilled toolmaker in the world but no, not ever will accept that as common practice lol.

[@Mtjefferson555]

I was just thinking how nice it was to read comments where a machinist doesn’t try to “school” someone on shop practices. Then I saw yours. Always one in the bunch. A guy builds a beautiful tool, takes time to video it, creates AND provides the drawing for free, but you’re too arrogant to even watch the video. 🤦‍♂️. Maybe he has two surface plates, one for measuring and one for deburring so he gets flat, clean work. Stop being “that” guy.

[@oldredtools2315]

You certainly can outspring old clickspring, better camera and much nicer accent.....

[@thecogwheel]

I appreciate the compliment. I don't think I'm anywhere near Clickspring's caliber.