November 6, 20196 yr Popular Post Someone gave me a box of what they called "junk". A lot of nuts and bolts and such but this little guy caught my eye. I had seen this used once at the Boat Repair place. When I asked what it was he told me important not a toy. Okay I got that a lot. On my JET 17 inch drill press they have the quill stop lock as two knurled nuts you tighten. Don't know what thread but it takes forever to run them up and down. Would be nice to have something easier. Sure they offer some but the ones I found were wrong size and $35. So this stop is 1/2 - 20. I have threaded rod that fits it. Tried the regular zinc and found the fit rather sloppy. When I tried a piece of galvanized it was tight. So I cut the rod to length then milled the end of the rod down to 3/8 and threaded it for a nut. This allowed me to attach it to my drill press using existing holes. Had to cut a nut in half so it wasn't so tall. As @steven newman would say, we have ways. That done I did a test fit and found I did not like the return hitting so hard so I used a nylon washer to absorb the shock. Both washers were a tad bigger in diameter. So I used some hot glue to keep them in place but allow for easy removal later. Don't want all that mess vibrating and making noise. After an hour of work I have a drill press quill stop that is easy to set to any depth without any modifications to the original set up. Cost, nothing except some time. Had everything I needed in stock in the shop. This was old quill stop mechanism. Pictures tell a better story sometimes. Here is end result.
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