Could Someone ID This Bridgeport Power Feed For Me?

jcp said:
Look at the pic of the start/stop handle linkage across the front of the table. One pic shows the stop setup. You would have to move the DRO X axis reader to the rear of the table to set the stop system up as original. I ran the mill in the pic for about 15 years........never had the clutch ever kick out.
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I was looking at that. It would be great to have a control lever on the left side as well.
I just pulled the handle and bracket off of the right side. It looks like i will have to pull the lead screw and turn it down to .625 and make an extension to screw onto the end to make it a bit longer. Or, I could just cut the entire end off and make a coupling and attach an entirnew end that will fit the power feed.
Like this. Those are roll pins.
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And, thanks Akuia! I know I do!
 
Nice! I like old Italian machinery. A small VFD would run that and give you all kinds of variable speed goodness- or a simple static converter would serve
Your Bridgie looks like new also- congrats
-Mark
 
jcp said:
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This is my next move. I have to cut the lead screw and make a new shaft to attach to it. The unthreaded part that will be cut is 1" dia. That should be large enough to just drill and ream a .625 hole into the cut end and have a simple joint with only 1 roll pin.
If anyone thinks that I could do this a better way, then by all means.
Thanks to everyone for your input and efforts helping me on this!
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I got the end that was cut, bored out to accept the longer shaft. I gave it a good cleaning when I was done. It had been getting greased.
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All finished and ready to go back on the saddle.
Just have to take it all apart again.
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The hub for the dial had to be trimmed on the backside. A .005 feeler gauge wont slip in and the dial doesn't rub the pf housing. Much of what I did was outlined in a fied installation guide that I found. If a BP tech showed up to your shop in 1970 to install this, he would have had a new lead screw with him. 16160394337973494594358641446021.jpg
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Thank you! This should be running today! I had my son help me put the table back on before he left kast night.
 
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