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I'm planning on using 570 N23 for the X and Y and 640 N34 for the Z and Not Gecko.
Hoss
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On the way home from work Friday, this idea came to me.
It seemed a simple and cheap solution for manual mills in my noggin
so I bodged it together and it works.
YouTube- G0704 Manual Auto Drawbar
If I was going to keep the mill manual, I'd make a better crossbar that pivots,
would allow for drawbar removal, a tad more quill travel and keep the drawbar from rubbing.
It's for "Light Duty", well as "light" as my X2 can handle anyway. Read # 16
If you want to use stiffer bellevilles, you better bolt the machine down.
I could manage to compress the ones I used (left over from the X2)
with just forearm strength, about 750 lbs at the drawbar.
Works as quick and easy as the Mach 1 system but not as much $$$.
Should work just as well on X3's, RF45's or any other mill with a quill.
I was worried the quill handle might break but it seems more stout than I thought.
If I went with higher spring pressure, I'd replace the handle I'd use with a solid steel one.
I wouldn't be worried about trying to get too much more though, I know what Can be done on my Freak with these springs.
Hoss
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Gosh, you've... really got some nice toys here.-Roy Batty
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