Re: Quill Feed
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:32 pm
OK, how about almost works at all!Chasboy1 wrote:Not sure what you mean
When the quill lock wing nut is 'tightened' is compresses the wave washer until it is flat. Further tightening moves the sleeve against the domed washer that then bears against the interior web in the headstock. Without the woodruff key between the sleeve and the quill advance shaft hardly anything is resisting rotation of the shaft. The woodruff key provides a solid link between the shaft and all that stuff that is being squeezed. All that stuff does not want to rotate as the domed washer is acting like a brake disk.
I would start by looking for 1/8" thick keys.