[tsteele]

I have a harbor freight 7x10 lathe that does not have a carriage lock. I looked at a kit to install on my lathe but with shipping costs it would cost me about $50. This is too much! I read that the carriage feed could be used as a carriage lock. By putting the feed screw in neutral and then engaging the half nut that this would act as a carriage lock. Does anyone have any experience with this?

[john-100]

if your lathe is any thing like my Clarke CL300M
out of the box there is too much play / float in the lead screw

not knowing your location I don't know what suppliers will be local to you

may be the project at tools & mods could be an easy project
Mini-lathe mods - Carriage lock


john