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- Thread starter rjredline
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When I started machining they were common. We did not have readouts or the like.
We would face the end of a part then index the stop to the next stop. If you had a 1 inch long turn you set the second stop 1 inch back from the first. There were some
That had 8 stops . Then if you had a groove that had to be 1/2 inch back from the end ,you would set the next stop to hold that length. They were used on engine lathes. Then they came out with stops that could be extended out to about 2 feet
To hold long lengths. I have one like that in the pic in my shop that I think has 6 stops. But they were mostly used in production set ups. I just went to eBay and they have a bunch of these lathe turret stops ,with 3,4 and as many as 8 stops on them. The set ups could be tricky. They are called turret because they turn from one stop to the next they are not used on turret lathes.
We would face the end of a part then index the stop to the next stop. If you had a 1 inch long turn you set the second stop 1 inch back from the first. There were some
That had 8 stops . Then if you had a groove that had to be 1/2 inch back from the end ,you would set the next stop to hold that length. They were used on engine lathes. Then they came out with stops that could be extended out to about 2 feet
To hold long lengths. I have one like that in the pic in my shop that I think has 6 stops. But they were mostly used in production set ups. I just went to eBay and they have a bunch of these lathe turret stops ,with 3,4 and as many as 8 stops on them. The set ups could be tricky. They are called turret because they turn from one stop to the next they are not used on turret lathes.
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