I was out in shop today starting to install a front way cover on my 833TV. Pretty easy to attach the material to the front of the sliding table. So I did that first which let me play around with the other end to see how to best attach it.
My key problem is that there's almost no room left for the way cover to fold into. Crank Y all the way out (towards me) and the handle has precious little clearance.
And....as I messed with this, it occurred to me that the "closeness" of the handle to the table already costs me something. Y travel is the most limited dimension on the 833 and I've lost some (perhaps an inch) with the safety switch for the x-axis power feed. The travel is lost because the ball end of the handle starts to intersect with said switch....preventing further movement of the table outward. There may be possibilities for moving that safety switch (although the back end of my table has a DRO track in place) or finding an alternate switch that would have a lower profile.
But, it occurs to me that I could move the handle further out from the table. Placing it 1.5" to 2"further out would allow me to regain some Y-axis travel and provide space for the landing of the way cover.
I use a DRO, so I don't absolutely need to move over the scale markings. But it might be that the easiest extension would be an adapter that slipped over the existing shaft and then was turned down to match the shaft so that the existing handle could move over. If I thru drilled the new piece, I could attach everything with a longer version of the existing M8 bolt that is used now. It would stick out more, but I don't think it's likely to be a problem for me.
Thoughts?
My key problem is that there's almost no room left for the way cover to fold into. Crank Y all the way out (towards me) and the handle has precious little clearance.
And....as I messed with this, it occurred to me that the "closeness" of the handle to the table already costs me something. Y travel is the most limited dimension on the 833 and I've lost some (perhaps an inch) with the safety switch for the x-axis power feed. The travel is lost because the ball end of the handle starts to intersect with said switch....preventing further movement of the table outward. There may be possibilities for moving that safety switch (although the back end of my table has a DRO track in place) or finding an alternate switch that would have a lower profile.
But, it occurs to me that I could move the handle further out from the table. Placing it 1.5" to 2"further out would allow me to regain some Y-axis travel and provide space for the landing of the way cover.
I use a DRO, so I don't absolutely need to move over the scale markings. But it might be that the easiest extension would be an adapter that slipped over the existing shaft and then was turned down to match the shaft so that the existing handle could move over. If I thru drilled the new piece, I could attach everything with a longer version of the existing M8 bolt that is used now. It would stick out more, but I don't think it's likely to be a problem for me.
Thoughts?
