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Unlocking Drill-Press Depth-Stop Nuts
Oct 25, 2005
Drill-press depth stops that consist of two nuts and a threaded rod have an annoying habit of locking together. Although tightened by just finger and thumb pressure, they inexplicably resist the same or greater pressure to loosen them. I solved this problem by inserting a red fiber washer between the nuts. Such washers, used in fuel lines and carburetors, are easily obtained in auto-parts stores.
Kenneth Wells, Portsmouth, England
Fine Woodworking Magazine, October 1992 No. 96
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