While I am tearing down and cleaning my 1941 13" lathe, I'm also starting to collect some tooling, since I have none.
I've already picked up a few things, but one of the things I see manual machinists on the YouToobs use is a dial indicator clamped to the bed way to know when to stop the carriage. I've seen a few of these being 3D printed for the smaller lathes, but none for the 13". So I decided to make one myself.
I designed this in Fusion 360 in about an hour and a half (I'm still learning it) and printed this on my Dremel printer. Came out exactly as I planned. A quick trip to Ace Hardware, and it's good to go.
I uploaded the files to thingiverse if anyone is interested in making your own.
I've already picked up a few things, but one of the things I see manual machinists on the YouToobs use is a dial indicator clamped to the bed way to know when to stop the carriage. I've seen a few of these being 3D printed for the smaller lathes, but none for the 13". So I decided to make one myself.
I designed this in Fusion 360 in about an hour and a half (I'm still learning it) and printed this on my Dremel printer. Came out exactly as I planned. A quick trip to Ace Hardware, and it's good to go.
I uploaded the files to thingiverse if anyone is interested in making your own.