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Among the many I cant afford one. Polking around on ebay there are many out there, work alot shop made well done work. After thinking about it, I reason that this attachment is not going
to tow a Mack truck or anything, its mainly just for a dial ind. so why cant I make one from
mahogony. So in about 20min drilled and tapped for wing nuts 8 coats of flat black, I now have
one. What I like is if I mess up and ram the thing, it will just slide along with no damage. And
then I glued a micro switch on it wired to an 9vt smoke alarm, so it will go off when im getting
close. So I adjust my indicator just a little behind the switch so alarm goes off like .100 before
the dial comes to '0' . Tested on pvc cutting an internal tread. I made a releif cut about an 1"
in gave it a try alarm goes off at the releif every time. Next Ill muffle the speaker so I dont wake
her up. I know this is crazy for a carriage stop, but once I could see like a hawk, now I cant even
see the lathe never mind what im doing. works on both sides as well. This idea came about
using an alarm , cause I crashed into my tailstock cause I wasnt paying att. You will pay att. when
that smoke alarm goes off. to look at it nobody will know its made out of wood. also it can be
a red light door bell buzzer anything but has to have a normally open switch or make one. 8)
to tow a Mack truck or anything, its mainly just for a dial ind. so why cant I make one from
mahogony. So in about 20min drilled and tapped for wing nuts 8 coats of flat black, I now have
one. What I like is if I mess up and ram the thing, it will just slide along with no damage. And
then I glued a micro switch on it wired to an 9vt smoke alarm, so it will go off when im getting
close. So I adjust my indicator just a little behind the switch so alarm goes off like .100 before
the dial comes to '0' . Tested on pvc cutting an internal tread. I made a releif cut about an 1"
in gave it a try alarm goes off at the releif every time. Next Ill muffle the speaker so I dont wake
her up. I know this is crazy for a carriage stop, but once I could see like a hawk, now I cant even
see the lathe never mind what im doing. works on both sides as well. This idea came about
using an alarm , cause I crashed into my tailstock cause I wasnt paying att. You will pay att. when
that smoke alarm goes off. to look at it nobody will know its made out of wood. also it can be
a red light door bell buzzer anything but has to have a normally open switch or make one. 8)