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A couple pieces of masking tape, one piece wrapped or folded immediately above the upper nut and the other below the lower nut will likely prove adequate to resist any significant rotation of the nut provided that we are only needing to resist vibration induced drift and not some form of mechanical interference forcing the nuts to spin. However, if we recognize that the fundamental problem is that there is nothing to interfere with the nuts spinning freely on the bolt threads then another solution can present itself. But neither of these approaches will be as reliable as the two wrench solution. You could also try replacing the more accessible (upper?) nut with a good quality wing nut so that you can manually tighten it further without tools. ![]() However, you could try placing a split washer between the nuts to store some force in its spring to see if your finger tightening allows enough stored compressive force to resist movement (I'm not optimistic). Without this compressive force the nuts will simply spin together as if they were a single nut. There isn't really a no-tool solution to a double-nut locknut arrangement that does not include the use of wrenches as the way this works is to tighten the two nuts until they are literally pinching the threads with enough force that the friction effectively locks the nuts in place (which is highly effective). ![]() I've already given them a severe scolding but they don't seem to be listening. DRILL PRESS DEPTH GAUGE HOW TOIf that's the case, anyone have any ideas how to make my press depth stop nuts behave themselves. I'm assuming that the nuts in the videos stayed put. Tonight, I was watching some woodworking videos and saw the craftsmen simply spin the two nuts until they touched each other. That usually keeps them from drifting, but I've developed a healthy amount of paranoia and I'm constantly checking the nuts to be sure they are still tight together. The only way to stop it is to use two wrenches and really tighten them together hard. On mine, the two nuts constantly drift upward on the threaded shaft, causing the holes to be too deep. The Shop Fox uses the two nut system that many drill presses use, and many people seem to like. In my work, I have to drill many holes of consistent depth and an accurate depth stop is important to me. I've had it for 10 years and it has served me well.except for the depth stop. Always know how far down to go.I have a Shop Fox Floor Model Radial drill press. We now have one on both our drill press and our planer. No more guessing what depth we have drilled, accurate to. Definitely worth buying if you’re after a drill press dro. ![]() The dro itself works nicely, although it needs a backlit display, the current one is hard to read when in shadow. DRILL PRESS DEPTH GAUGE PLUSOnce that was done, installation was easy and clean, plus i can still use my depth stop without interfering with the dro. My delta drill press uses a 5/8′ bolt for its depth stop, so i had to do a bit of machining on the mounting brackets to make them fit. The hardware for mounting the dro using the depth stop bolt was made for 1/2′ bolts. DRILL PRESS DEPTH GAUGE INSTALLI highly recommended this product and would buy again.Ī great way to add accuracy to your drilling,its easy to install and works great. DRILL PRESS DEPTH GAUGE FULLWith that being said, the bar was still more than long enough to measure the full 4 inches of my drill press. I did have to cut part of the aluminum measuring bar, so i could open the lid to access the belts. The wixey digital press gauge works great and is a time saver. I have no idea how it would work on other presses, but it does not work on the jdp-15b. I have a jet 15′ drill press (jdp-15b) and it did not easily fit on my unit. ![]()
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