[modeleng] Re: Locking a lathe spindle

Hi Ron

I have been making a little lathe over the past couple of years.    When 
making the mandrel, I drilled 12 holes in the collar at the chuck end, to 
provide the possibility of dividing in the lathe, but mainly to produce a 
method of immobilising the madrel, for use when removing chucks or for 
adjusting the preload on the pater roller bearings.

Perhaps you could do something similar on the Myford?

If you send me your email  address, I will send you a couple of pictures. 
My email is: shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Cheers!   Hubert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Head" <ron.head@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:56 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Locking a lathe spindle


> Calling all Myford owners....
>
> Does anyone have any good ideas for positively locking the spindle, while 
> I
> carry out a slotting operation?  The Super 7 comes with a spindle lock of
> course, but this only locks in one position, and in any case there is a
> small amount of backlash with the lock engaged.  What I am thinking of is
> some sort of friction device, which can effectively hold the spindle in 
> any
> position.
>
> Anybody been there before?
>
> Regards
> Ron
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