Myford Carriage Depth Stop

Some time ago Les Phillips wrote an article on a lathe carriage depth stop (A Simple But Effective Depth Stop, M.E.4642, July 3rd 2020). This is for his Myford which appears to be a Super 7 with gearbox just like mine. I strongly agree with him that a depth stop is an indispensable accessory. I also made one many years ago so I offer this article as an alternative approach. In so doing I hasten to add that I am not critical of his approach, which does the job perfectly well. However before presenting my alternative there is one thing which puzzles me. Les uses two cap head bolts to secure his fitting to the lathe. My lathe bed, though, does not have two tapped holes, as can be seen…

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