From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 6/29/2025 6:05 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:103psbl$14ctm$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > Old School DRO.  Use a dial indicator.  Its the default for longitudinal   
   > (Z axis) lathe work.  Lots of people will set a zero to work towards on   
   > the indicator.  I think its easier to hit the mark than a digital DRO   
   > because you can have it in your field of view while watching the work as   
   > opposed to having to look up at the DRO.   
   >   
   > Bob La Londe   
   >   
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   > A dial indicator on the carriage allows me to thread to a dead stop on   
   > the lathe, usually to get close to a shoulder or the bottom of a blind   
   > hole. Because the SB 10L has an easily exposed leather belt drive and   
   > back gearing I can pull up the belt clutch to stop the spindle within a   
   > quarter turn of the end, shut off the motor, and then turn the belt on   
   > the cone pulley by hand to feel the bit run up against the previous   
   > chip. When done the chip stack can be chiseled out and filed smooth.   
   >   
      
   I use the foot brake for a lot of that sort of work.  When I step   
   partway down it kills the motor, and the rest of the way engages a   
   mechanical brake.  The only little hiccup, is my brain baulks at having   
   to turn the lever off and back on again, until my hand feels its already   
   on.   
      
      
      
      
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