I’ve at all times been pissed off with the depth cease on my old-school drill press. The difficulty is that I can’t twist the 2 lock nuts firmly sufficient collectively by hand, so they have an inclination to shift when the machine is operating. Right here’s how I solved the issue. First, I eliminated the threaded rod and filed a flat alongside one aspect of it. (You don’t need to file to the underside of the threads.) Some threaded depth rods have already got a flat milled on them, so the submitting step won’t be mandatory. Subsequent, I discovered a cease collar—the sort used on drill bits—that match the threaded rod fairly intently, and changed its little setscrew with a thumbscrew. I slid the cease collar onto the depth-stop submit and reinstalled the submit within the drill press. Select a thumbscrew with a deal with that’s straightforward to grip. You’ll have the ability to apply loads of clamping power, and your new cease collar gained’t slip.
—CHARLES MAK, Calgary, Alta., Canada
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