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My Cowells ME lathe
andyf:
For me, it hasn't been a mod, Bill; those dials on the leadscrew and slides are the originals on my Perris. Its a shame that Cowells used fixed dials for a while when they first took over the lathe, and made the one Chris now owns, but he should be able to mod his to get a similar result.
Pete, that's sophisticated, but I don't think it could be done on these midget handwheels and dials, first because they so small and secondly because of the central screws which adjust the endfloat on the feedscrews.
Andy
Pete.:
Aah yes, if they already have a screw down the middle you could not use that method. Shame because it works so wonderfully well.
raynerd:
Not read all the replies yet but I just wanted to immediately correct washer = spring!!! Please blame it on a lack of sleep with my little one.
John Stevenson:
I have a machine here with a resettable dial and all it consists of is a graduated dial that spins on the keyed centre and all that retains it from spinning is an 'O' ring set in the eyed centre part.
The interference fit is enough to make it not spin but can easily be moved to reset it.
John S.
andyf:
Same here, John. The nice big (3.5") dials on my Dore Westbury are like that, and I used an O-ring on the handwheel and dial I made for my lathe's leadscrew. The DW did need replacement O-rings, but the old ones had been there around 40 years.
Andy
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