Easy Mill Power Feed

I just bought a drill adapter that has all cogs for $35 on eBay, quality was fantastic

Thanks for that so easy! John Ogilvie.

My mill has 3/4 nuts that hold the x and y handles to the screws. I welded a dog to the side of a 3/4 socket and made a all in 1 feed piece.

I used a similar style drive for my z axis. I've since changed it to engage in three places instead of just one after a freind of mine broke one of the teeth on his Bridgeport style mill (off shore copy). I don't believe it would have happened on a real Bridgeport though, mine was fine for 6 plus years driving in one place before I changed designs. The way the tooth sheared off on the copy suggested the steel was very brittle. Thought this was worth sharing for any Bridgeport clone owners.

I have never seen such beautiful chrome handels on a mill or lathe. You sure love your equipment and clearly takes pride from what you do (hope this translate well, English is not my first language)

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Now I know what I'm making tomorrow. I don't have tube so I'll turn it on the lathe. Thanks Ron

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Nice work. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week :)

I've done a similar thing for my Pallas mill, but I use an Allen key to fit in the drill chuck, I've dozens of odds and sods of Allen keys, I've collected/picked up over the years 😊😊👍

Another great video. I would love to see a video tour of your shop. I love how you gear your videos to the diy people. You are truly the finest craftsman out there. For new people learning the trades you need to do a bio with pictures and past and present projects.

That's a great idea! I get tired raising and lowering the knee on my mill every time I want to change a collet or end mill and it takes so long...

that's excellent!

is there any disadvantage to having only one dog?

as for adding more, I assume that would risk distorting the tubing a bunch from the extra weld heat?

I 'm a retired Fitter and Turner and I have never seen that done before , love it , as all ways Ron you did it again

But I just LOVE lowering the knee down to drill a pilot hole, only to bring it right back up to use and endmill in the hole! Fantastic idea Ron, keep it up!!

A very wholesome ending!

Great, simple solution, Ron! That odd-ball face groove was a "too difficult", read time consuming, to take time out to make. 👍😎. Thanks for your time and sharing!

One project I have my apprentices do is to make a dog clutch adaptor for the Bridgeport knee. It is actually quite simple. With an indexing head or table. I think it is a good instructional project.

nice

Great one. I've been wanting to make one of these adapters for my mill but didn't want to spend the time setting up the mill to cut the slots. A fabricated adapter is now on my list of things to do (after this weekend).

Jere

Shoot, we're honored to learn from a master.

Ron you are such a brilliant man, yet such a patient teacher

As a Mechanic I have Broken Sockets and Extensions. Just Weld one to the End. On your Drill use a Adapter for whatever Drive Socket or Extension. You can make All over them the Same Drive.

The world is better because of your videos. A+ Ron

Enjoyed….simple/smart…add/weld a nut on the tube then you can use a wrench to make small adjustments without removing the drill and installing the stock crank (liptonized)

We are also honoured that you want to take the time to show us the tricks that took you a lot of years to learn.

I just need a mill now

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And we love the videos you make, and are honoured that you make them for us!

As usual an excellent idea and and an excellent execution of the idea, nice 👍.

power feed means its going to be a constant feed rate vs load, not some guy doing the elvis on a de-walt that has a 256 position digital pot hooked to its trigger .. as far as knee adjustments if its a bridgeport compatible castle nut arrangement, they already make them for peanuts on the usual sites ... we don't have a welder at our ship and its like 30 bucks online

Thanks Ron, love your work 👍

Yea Baby 👍🏻

Could you put a cup on the outside of that new one, with some long fingers and make it "universal", so you don't have to swap between the traverse and knee tools?

Great stuff!

If you add a perpendicular length of rod, you can spin the now T-shaped adapter with the same powerfeed tool as the X and Y handles. That way you don't have to rechuck different tools into the drill. You might also have enough leverage to fine-tune the knee height at the end of the move.

I machined mine. It was fairly straightforward forward.

I guess I know what my next milling machine project will be. Thanks Ron!

I'll be making one of these tomorrow. Thanks for the idea!

nice work,Great video

So cool how make more easy to mill

If Ron says “this is fantastic “, then who am I to argue?

Awesome work!! Thanks for the content

Thanks

Nice one Ron. I would suggest that you need to lubricate your mill ways though as they look a bit dry, and that certainly lessens the amount of effort needed. I use Shell Tonna myself although there are plenty of other suitable oils out there. Especially for machines that are not used often there is a temptation not to lube that often, relying on 'I did that last time' but dust (especially wood dust) will dry the sliding surfaces out. I use dust covers for that reason too.

Attach a similar device to the lead screw on my lathe- and cut any thread know to man. Although some serious synchronizing would have to be achieved! HA!
Good idea- I will use this idea in my shop. Thank you!

Great job!

Interesting tip.