Tormach Staff Recommendations: Stop-Loc Setup Tool

Here’s a great lit­tle device to speed up setup tasks in the shop: the Stop-Loc Setup Tool.    Tor­mach Tech Advi­sor Rory has two of these in his own shop and, in his own words,  “I use them all the time, man!”

Obvi­ously, the Stop-Loc isn’t a replace­ment for a pre­ci­sion tool set­ting method, but it’s prac­ti­cal to expect +/-0.005″ repeata­bil­ity using it for rou­tine setup tasks.  Its made from three dif­fer­ent lengths of anodized alu­minum extru­sion: one for the bar and two dif­fer­ent stops that can slide on/off and secured with a set screw.  Made in the USA.

Here are some of are favorite uses:

1.  Re-chucking Drills into tool holders

2.  Stop/Setup gauge for a Vise

3.  Stop/Setup gauge for a Col­let Chuck on 4th axis or lathe

4.  Re-chucking Tools into an R8 col­let when not using TTS or another Quick-Change system

You could also use it as a go/no-go gauge or for set­ting router bit heights on router tables/etc.

Ready to get your own:  Pur­chase Here

 

 

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About Andrew Grevs­tad

With over ten years of pro­fes­sional expe­ri­ence in advanced man­u­fac­tur­ing sys­tems, dig­i­tal design tools, and applied soft­ware, Andy Grevs­tad has worked in prod­uct devel­op­ment and tech­ni­cal sup­port for Tor­mach since 2008. Grevs­tad has received engi­neer­ing degrees from Michi­gan Tech­no­log­i­cal Uni­ver­sity and a M.S. and Uni­ver­sity of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor to Dig­i­tal Machin­ist mag­a­zine and also blogs weekly about CNC milling and related top­ics on the Tor­mach blog, Milling Around.

Comments (4)

4 Responses to “Tormach Staff Recommendations: Stop-Loc Setup Tool”

1. Mid Day Machining says:

   January 10, 2013 at 12:05 pm

   I have been using this tool for about 2 years and it has proven to be a valu­able tool.

   I bought mine from a dif­fer­ent com­pany and of coarse I paid a LOT more for mine. I think then it was about $20.00.
2. spencerrule says:

   February 12, 2013 at 1:48 pm

   This could be used for a ton of things. Not just machin­ing. As I was read­ing, I was think­ing about every­thing you could use it for. I am curi­ous, is there a rea­son you put an allen head set screw, instead of a wing nut? Some­thing you could tighten and loosen by hand, with­out hav­ing to have another tool on you? It does make it more stream­line with a sunk allen head I guess.
3. Andy G. says:

   February 12, 2013 at 4:19 pm

   I’m not sure why, either. I sup­pose you could swap it out for a wing nut if you really wanted to.
4. Spencer says:

   February 26, 2013 at 11:48 am

   This is very true. I might just have to get one and try it out for myself. Well, either way, it’s a pretty spec­tac­u­lar device. One that has very many uses.