Simple Spindle Lock for Laguana Revo or most other lathes

[Gary Asch]

I have posted a video on YouTube of a simple way to keep the spindle on my Laguna Revo 1836. But it will work on most other lathes that do not have a way of keeping the spindle locked.
No drilling involved and it works great. Easier to watch how it works than to try and explain it. Just a few minute job.

Gary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzExi1D8sak&t=163s

[Mick Fagan]

So simple, so effective; just brilliant.

I have had my Laguna 24-36 for one month now, I was looking at how to do something like that with rare earth magnets.

What is the size of those magnets?

Mick.

[Steve Eure]

I use one of those 3" round magnets with a hole in the center that HD and HF sell on my 1836. I put a 1/4" bolt through it and used a nut on each side of the magnet to jam it in place. Leave about 3/8" sticking out of the bottom. Lock the spindle, insert the magnet and it works just like Gary's. When not in use, I just stick it on the top of the lathe.

[William C Rogers]

Here is a thread showing John Keetons method and my method using magnets.
https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?261228-Laguna-1836-Revo-modified-spindle-lock/page2

[ELY WALTON]

To each their own, I guess... I use the spindle lock all the time with wrench or tommy bar with no problem... Once a slight pressure is applied, the button stays in until the tightening or loosening is done, and then pops out on its own... Great feature in my view...

Ely

[Barry McFadden]

To each their own, I guess... I use the spindle lock all the time with wrench or tommy bar with no problem... Once a slight pressure is applied, the button stays in until the tightening or loosening is done, and then pops out on its own... Great feature in my view...

Ely

I think mostly people arn't looking to lock the spindle in place just to remove a chuck...just using the red button and loosen off the chuck works, as you say, I lock it in position if I have a spot on a bowl in the end grain that has a bit too much tearout and doesen't sand that well while the bowl is spinning. I use the lock that I came up with to hold the bowl stationary while I sand that one spot out.

[Gary Asch]

So simple, so effective; just brilliant.

I have had my Laguna 24-36 for one month now, I was looking at how to do something like that with rare earth magnets.

What is the size of those magnets?

Mick.

They are 1/2x1/2 inch. Plenty strong enough.
Gary

[Gary Asch]

To each their own, I guess... I use the spindle lock all the time with wrench or tommy bar with no problem... Once a slight pressure is applied, the button stays in until the tightening or loosening is done, and then pops out on its own... Great feature in my view...

Ely
A wrench and tommy bar is great for removing chuck. For putting a large bowl blank onto a wood worm screw have the spindle is helpful for me. I also wanted to carve something on a turning the other day and locking the spindle helped a lot.

[John K Jordan]

To each their own, I guess... I use the spindle lock all the time with wrench or tommy bar with no problem... Once a slight pressure is applied, the button stays in until the tightening or loosening is done, and then pops out on its own... Great feature in my view...
Ely

I use that method most of the time but for some things it is very useful to lock and have it stay locked. For the PM3520b I use a steel slide to hold the button in. On these lathes the button sticks out from the surface and is flush when locked.

JKJ

[Mick Fagan]

They are 1/2x1/2 inch. Plenty strong enough.
Gary

Thank you very much, I have some 15mm diameter by 10mm thick magnets that should do perfectly.

Mick.

[ELY WALTON]

I think mostly people arn't looking to lock the spindle in place just to remove a chuck...just using the red button and loosen off the chuck works, as you say, I lock it in position if I have a spot on a bowl in the end grain that has a bit too much tearout and doesen't sand that well while the bowl is spinning. I use the lock that I came up with to hold the bowl stationary while I sand that one spot out.

Yes, I use the indexing lock to keep the spindle in the same position for dealing with tearout, carving, etc... All low-torque operations that do not overly stress the indexing pin (unlike chucking and unchecking). Works great!

Ely