I have embarked on the lathe building & retrofitting journey.
I will be both building my own lathe from scratch and retrofitting an existing disc cutting system with some custom mods.
One area I am looking at is a dashpot or damper of some type to protect the cutting stylus as it lands on the blank.
For the life of me I can't seem to source where to get a small oil dashpot like those used on cutting lathes.
Something like this:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/59Fjrb4x/dashpot1.jpg)
The closest thing I can find is an Airpot which seems like it might work as well but not sure if these have been tried and tested on a lathe.
https://www.airpot.com/product-category/product-lines/dashpots-shock-absorbers/
I also thought about experimenting with RC car shock absorbers but they seem too stiff.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=shock+absorber+damper+for+rc&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=shock+absorber+damper+for+1%2F10+rc&_osacat=0