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Divided he ad:
Nice one Mick  :clap:

I'm liking that slow feed!!!   I'm going to have to dedicate a bit of time to this with one of them there door opener motors I've got  :dremel:



I might try a little different route with the drive, I think I might still want to use the hand wheel. You see mine is the older version of the Chester champion.... Only one manual handle on the right hand end of the bed.... I think some belt drive jiggery pokery is soon to be made  :thumbup:


Very inspiring Mick.... I'll probably start a thread when I get my act together and start making one, you can tell me where I'm going wrong at that point :D



Ralph.

mickn:
Hi Ralph,
               When I am using the milling table feed I have made a simple coupling with a sprung pin. To disconnect the drive for hand winding control takes 1 second . I pull the pin. Maybe this will convince you because you seemed concerned on having only one handwheel.Here are some piccies showing pin in feed
                               
                                         Mick     PS thanks for showing us all  excellent instructions on posting vids.

mickn:
Hi Eric,
            I haven't got the hang of replying yet on these forums! I dont know whether I reply on this thread so please bear with me. Yes I have just finished my piston type quick change toolpost. I usually get an idea in my head then start making it. I think I rushed into this one though, it works ok but I think I should have spent a bit more time in the thinking process. I had not figured out out to incorporate the adjusting screw with the main block hold down bolt. So I ended up with two levers, one for operating the cam and one for hold down. Consequently the finished tool clamping part overhangs to much. Oh well back to the drawing board and start the mark 2 version. By the way what does  (thanks dreeves ) mean?

                                                        Mick
 ps I have a photo of it if you would like to see what not to do
                 
                                               

Brass_Machine:

--- Quote from: mickn on January 18, 2009, 05:45:29 PM ---...
 By the way what does  (thanks dreeves ) mean?

                                                        Mick
 ps I have a photo of it if you would like to see what not to do
                 
                                               

--- End quote ---

Hey Mick,

Don't worry, you will get the hang of replying. Soon you will be a master.

To explain the (thanks dreeves)... We have a member here by the name of dreeves. I went by his place last Thursday and got a good look at his QCTP and answered a lot of my questions about it. So I was thanking him in my post.

I ended up going to a model engineering show this weekend and bought a QCTP for my lathe. Deal was too good to pass up.

Eric

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