great stuff, Jeff, seen this series many times, the more I see it, the more things I notice and learn. I recently picked up portions of the lift mechanism, the bottom 'nut' collar, gearbox with gears, 2 safety collars and parts of the foot feed assy on ebay. missing is the acme threaded shaft and handle. Now I have to look for the missing parts. But am glad I got the main parts at least and can enjoy stripping them down and restoring them. I plan on opening up the bores and inserting needle bearings for that ultra smooth operation and wherever needed, thrust bearings. The unit is quite beefy and stands out, I like how big it is. It is an eye catcher for sure and I love it
Congratulations on the parts. you may be able to get an Acme threaded rod from McMaster Carr. Not sure about the exact thread pitch. The handle will be the harder part to come across. If you come up with a rod, perhaps you can fabricate a handle until you locate an original one. Not sure what part of the country you are in but they seem to be more common out west. Possibly look on FB marketplace and someone may be selling some parts.
@@JeffsShop yeah I am in California where finding these are next to nothing. A gentleman on eBay had these listed and he was located in Illinois. It was on an atlas machine with the foot feed brackets, believe the lead scre, handles were removed as they were not needed and was easier than removing the collars out! I asked if he would part out those pieces and he agreed. Wasn’t cheap, I paid good $$ to get them. Will keep an eye out for sure. A have a few handwheels that I can use but they are smaller in diameter. The original is 4.5” long. Will see if my smaller handwheels provide enough torque and turn the gears. Lead screw is a 3/4-8 acme (1/8” rise per turn.
great stuff, Jeff, seen this series many times, the more I see it, the more things I notice and learn. I recently picked up portions of the lift mechanism, the bottom 'nut' collar, gearbox with gears, 2 safety collars and parts of the foot feed assy on ebay. missing is the acme threaded shaft and handle. Now I have to look for the missing parts. But am glad I got the main parts at least and can enjoy stripping them down and restoring them. I plan on opening up the bores and inserting needle bearings for that ultra smooth operation and wherever needed, thrust bearings. The unit is quite beefy and stands out, I like how big it is. It is an eye catcher for sure and I love it
Congratulations on the parts. you may be able to get an Acme threaded rod from McMaster Carr. Not sure about the exact thread pitch. The handle will be the harder part to come across. If you come up with a rod, perhaps you can fabricate a handle until you locate an original one. Not sure what part of the country you are in but they seem to be more common out west. Possibly look on FB marketplace and someone may be selling some parts.
@@JeffsShop yeah I am in California where finding these are next to nothing. A gentleman on eBay had these listed and he was located in Illinois. It was on an atlas machine with the foot feed brackets, believe the lead scre, handles were removed as they were not needed and was easier than removing the collars out! I asked if he would part out those pieces and he agreed. Wasn’t cheap, I paid good $$ to get them. Will keep an eye out for sure. A have a few handwheels that I can use but they are smaller in diameter. The original is 4.5” long. Will see if my smaller handwheels provide enough torque and turn the gears. Lead screw is a 3/4-8 acme (1/8” rise per turn.