I have a small HF drill press that had a plastic collar to hold the depth stop. It was too flexible to be accurate, so I made a new one out of a piece of 1/4" thick aluminum.

Herb

nicely done Herb..

Good job, Herb.

Love it when a plan comes together.  Nice idea and nicely executed.

Sweet!

 

Nice set of photos showing the progress, too.

Edited February 3, 20188 yr by lew

Well done sir! A great upgrade for minimal $$'s

Thanks for sharing the idea and method.

Way to go Herb. If you can't buy it make it. Great improvement.

Done well, my friend.

 

I sure am glad Stick didn't notice the can of WD-40 sitting on the window sill. Whew, dodged that bullet!

Great job Herb

On 2/22/2018 at 7:11 AM, schnewj said:

Done well, my friend.

 

I sure am glad Stick didn't notice the can of WD-40 sitting on the window sill. Whew, dodged that bullet!

Rut, roh...

On 2/22/2018 at 5:11 AM, schnewj said:

sure am glad Stick didn't notice the can of WD-40 sitting on the window sill. Whew, dodged that bullet!

 

saw it ..

investigated...

it's a prop...

That's where it is, I have been looking for that, thanks ,Nick, forgot you are a background looker...

 

Herb

9 minutes ago, Dadio said:

Nick, forgot you are a background looker...

 

no worries @Nickp...

it's empty..

Very nice.

A nice addition would be to put a quick adjust nut on in place of the double nut system. I bought one for my milling machine. Quick and easy to adjust even over long changes in settings. Basically a half nut inside of a housing that allows it to be disengaged by pushing a button, then slide the nut to near the desired stop point and release the button. Turn like a regular nut the last fine adjust. They hold their location w/o a second nut. 

I just checked the thread on my mill, 1/2" -20tpi. So I know that size is readily available.  Shars has something similar. Item 202-9530 "Quick quill stop", for $4.50, The Bolt Depot  has 3' of 1/2x 20tpi all thread for $4.21 item # 23617. All are + shipping but you can probably find them locally in any major city.

Well worth getting given the savings in time & frustration with the double nut system. Can be adapted for making jigs and the like also. 

I well check mine ,I think they are metric. Good idea, I didn't know they were available.

 

Heres a Cadillac quill stop.  http://www.grizzly.com/products/Quick-Quill-Stop/G7316

 

Shars:  https://www.shars.com/quick-quill-stop

 

Heres the BMW: https://www.travers.com/quick-adjusting-quill-stop/p/84784/

 

THe Oldsmobile; https://www.westhoffinc.com/accessories/quill-stop/

 

The Mercury:https://www.mscdirect.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/details/09506114

 

The whole used car lot here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=quill+stop&_sacat=&_ex_kw=&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_sop=12&_fpos=&_fspt=1&_sadis=&LH_CAds=&rmvSB=true

Thanks,

Herb

1 minute ago, Dadio said:

The whole used car lot here:

What, no Edsels?

On 2/23/2018 at 6:47 PM, Dadio said:

That's where it is, I have been looking for that, thanks ,Nick, forgot you are a background looker...

 

Herb

That wasn't me...but I did jump on the bandwagon... 

 

 

4 hours ago, Nickp said:

That wasn't me...but I did jump on the bandwagon... 

 

 

By Golly your right it was Bill, he is another background looker, like me,hee,hee,hee.

Herb