Hi All,
My S7 had the Hemingway saddle lock conversion fitted to it which worked well.
I had to remove it when I fitted the DRO to the lathe and have managed (quite well…) without a saddle lock until recently when I noticed that some cuts were not so good any more.
I still have the original small eccentric Myford part that goes under the rear rail and have made a 5/16" BSF bolt with a thinned head to fit this. I have also drilled each of the flats with a 3mm hole to take a small tommy bar that I can loctite in position when I have the correct adjustment.
As there is very little room for access at the rear now the DRO is fitted I am having trouble holding the eccentric while I screw in the bolt and cannot seem to get it to lock the saddle.
I think that this is because I have the small step on the eccentric wrongly positioned but cannot see which way round it is supposed to go. When I know this I thought I would drill the opposite side to take a small bar temporarily that I can hold while fitting the bolt to it.
Which way round does the eccentric fit please?
Cheers, Martin