Carriage Stop Ring, & Blade "Zero"

Fred Grover · Post by **Fred Grover** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:24 pm

Thanks Dusty for the pictures. Looks like I have the top picture Mark V Model 510 then. So I should be able to upgrade that with no problems then. Thanks my friend and I am sure to have more questions in the future.

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:58 pm

As far as the rubber ring, for which I believe the proper technical name is "thingy"

it is just one more place where the old Mark VII had received an improvement... Just slide the carriage over and latch.

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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:00 pm

[quote="robinson46176"]As far as the rubber ring, for which I believe the proper technical name is "thingy" ]

OMG!!!:eek: Now we will have to explain what a Mark VII is!:D

Make that 4 different fence versions.

Fred Grover · Post by **Fred Grover** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:34 pm

Thanks again everyone and to update you all I now have the Rubber Ring Stop Collar on the machine and it was a pretty easy job to do. The pictures for the table Dusty helped and my saw blade now lines up easier.

freedomlives · Post by **freedomlives** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:51 am

So that's what the stop ring is! I thought it was that rubbery piece around the quill! I need to find some 50mm hose then and make one, at least for that security purpose of preventing damage on a headstock crash-- something I'm bound to do sometime...

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:19 pm

freedomlives wrote:So that's what the stop ring is! I thought it was that rubbery piece around the quill! I need to find some 50mm hose then and make one, at least for that security purpose of preventing damage on a headstock crash-- something I'm bound to do sometime...

The way to prevent that damage is to get the headspace functioning correctly.

Sazerac81 · Post by **Sazerac81** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:37 pm

This is an old thread but thought I would share my new carriage rings based off of JPG's suggestion to use a 1.5" PVC coupler cut down to size. I used 2" PVC and it turned out nicely with some 1/4" felt pads I had lying around. Not too loose and Not too snug, Just Right.

I have the rubber carriage ring, but always felt it was a bit inaccurate since it is somewhat pliable so felt the PVC rings on both way tubes might allow a little more precise repeatability in terms of setting the blade in the same spot every time.

We'll see if it works.

Cheers,
John

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:23 pm

The 'original' Mark 5 carriage stop ring was hard plastic. I do not consider the rubber replacement an improvement nor a 'head crash' preventer.

Sazerac81 · Post by **Sazerac81** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:39 pm

Didn't want to start up the debate again on the whether the carriage ring helped prevent "head crash" issues.

Just wanted to share based off of your previous share of the PVC rings.

I imagine anything there that is not hard metal is better than nothing at all in the event of a slippage event or carriage lock mind slip.

Cheers,
John

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:14 am

Sazerac81 wrote:Didn't want to start up the debate again on the whether the carriage ring helped prevent "head crash" issues. Just wanted to share based off of your previous share of the PVC rings.

I imagine anything there that is not hard metal is better than nothing at all in the event of a slippage event or carriage lock mind slip.

Cheers,
John

There is no 'debate'.

It simply is inadequate.

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