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[Tomc938]

After coming up with an ingenious way to hold the mounting bracket on the table of my mill, drilling and tapping the holes - and everything lined up beautifully -




Turns out you cannot attache them to either side.

 

[mickeyf]

Tom, I have a Vevor power X feed that I have not yet attached to my mill. My mill is very much not enough like a Bridgeport to 'plug and play'. I think yours is not either? Love to see a photo of how you attached/ adapted it, or maybe next time I'm visiting the kids on Texada I'll take a side trip up to your place and see in person?

 

[DavidR8]

Oops!

 

[Tomc938]

Tom, I have a Vevor power X feed that I have not yet attached to my mill. My mill is very much not enough like a Bridgeport to 'plug and play'. I think yours is not either? Love to see a photo of how you attached/ adapted it, or maybe next time I'm visiting the kids on Texada I'll take a side trip up to your place and see in person?

As I will be mounting the unit on the other side I will send you some pictures. What I did worked well, but it's not rocket science. If it was, I did the equivalent of

 

[YotaBota]

180 the lead screw, I had to do that with mine.

 

[Tomc938]

180 the lead screw, I had to do that with mine.

I was noticing the right side has an extra collar that might get in the way.

Any hints on switching the lead screw round?

 

[DavidR8]

I rotated mine so the body was horizontal stuck out toward the rear of the mill

 

[YotaBota]

Take the supports off each end of the table and spin it out from the nut. You may need to unbolt the nut as well depending on how your machine is built. Make sure you keep track the support parts/spacers so they don't get mixed up.

 

[YotaBota]

I can't remember (surprise) what mill have you got?

 

[mickeyf]

I have a mill which is apparently pretty much the same as any of these, with minor differences and enhancements over the years, mine being the first on this list and old enough to not have one shot oiling.

Sharp VO-A1S
Kao Fong KF-VO-AIS
Husky A1S
Clausing 8520 ?
LuxMill AM VO-A1S (UK?)
McMillan VO-A1S (Australia)
Myford VMF ?
MSC
ENCO
KBC
Craftex
Jet JVM-830
Grizzly 1004/1008
Phoebus PBM-AIS Mill
Select Mill

I have finally got the wife's greenhouse finished to the point that I may have some time this winter to get to some shop projects like adding the power feed to the mill, but the reality is that it may be weeks or months yet...

Oh, yeah. At least the rocket in the picture got off the ground! That's a start!

 

[Tomc938]

Take the supports off each end of the table and spin it out from the nut. You may need to unbolt the nut as well depending on how your machine is built. Make sure you keep track the support parts/spacers so they don't get mixed up.

So looking at my mill (an XLO) I can't see a reason to rotate the lead screw. The "race" that came with the drive fits right onto the shaft. ( had to turn an adapter to make it fit the other end). I do need to make a 1/4" spacer for between the mounting plate and the drive unit so it lines up correctly with the race, but (so far) it seems to be working.

I'll post some pictures of the progress next week.