I wonder what you all have made to serve this purpose? What I'd like to do is make a lever operated cutoff tool which can be mounted on the rear way and swing in an arc intersecting the spindle axis. It might have an adjustable stop so it can be set for depth for grooving, and it might have a dashpot to limit the rate at which it can be moved. Levering it out should be quick, and perhaps the dashpot could have controls to set the rate of tool movement and the rate of return.
Thinking about this today as I machined brass pins and cut them off. It would have been so much easier if I could just reach for a lever and swing the tool into the work piece till cutoff, then swing it out of the way- independent of the carriage. Anybody done something like this that works well?
Thinking about this today as I machined brass pins and cut them off. It would have been so much easier if I could just reach for a lever and swing the tool into the work piece till cutoff, then swing it out of the way- independent of the carriage. Anybody done something like this that works well?
Comment