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mechman48	17/05/2020 10:32:19
2947 forum posts 468 photos	Nigel beat me to it.. + 1 ... I would agree that stop as made is a bit too slender. The principle is very good and I am only surprised such stops are not more common. It does though, need to be very rigid and positive. The bracket could be made far more rigid by welding or brazing a triangular gusset across both ends to make a Vee-box form, rather as many angle-plates are cast ... George.
Kiwi Bloke	17/05/2020 11:04:30
912 forum posts 3 photos	Posted by Bazyle on 16/05/2020 21:58:37: ... There was a nice design for the Myford in ME about 30 years ago that incorporated a click detent on the adjusting knob so you could get close then make final increments on cut by feel more than peering at the dial. I have always remembered that feature and wanted to do something for a Boxford but the slide moves in a different way. ... It was Tubal Cain (TD Walshaw, not the YouTube yank), and probably more than 30 years ago. (Why does time accelerate as one ages?) He described a click-adjust cross-slide stop, primarily as an aid to screw-cutting. Really neat idea, especially as the concept is easy to implement. Cross-slide stop and swivelled top slide (for down-the-flank feeding) speeds up screw-cutting and makes it less demanding of dwindling attention...
ega	17/05/2020 11:29:04
2805 forum posts 219 photos	TC's depth stop was described in his Simple Workshop Devices; I couldn't see a date of publication but the work is now WPS 28 and it is quite likely that he first contributed it to ME. TC (not a fan of the swivelled topslide) said his device made screwcutting "a real pleasure". Incidentally, were he alive today I think he and his American namesake would have got along "just fine".
Bazyle	17/05/2020 13:00:17
6956 forum posts 229 photos	Thanks for finding the author Kiwi. I can look it up now.

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