Repairs And Upgrades On My Burke #4

Mark,
I measured my bracket for the vertical head and it is 2.115" at the thickest part where it mounts on the 2" did. overarm.
Regards
dgehricke
 
Thank you. From all the information that I've got here I am putting together a drawing to scale to see what I have to make. It looks like it may work out pretty good once I get the cast-iron
 
mark_f said:
Thank you. From all the information that I've got here I am putting together a drawing to scale to see what I have to make. It looks like it may work out pretty good once I get the cast-iron
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Right-o .... I'll not bother with digging threw my junk then
 
bosephus said:
Right-o .... I'll not bother with digging threw my junk then
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If you have the correct plate , I will buy it from you. It will be a bear to make but that seemed the only option if one cannot be found.
 
Hi Mark,
I only joined this forum today and I was trawling through posts and I came across yours which I see is very recent. I too have a Burke #4 with the original vertical attachment and adapter plate.
Your steel substitute appears to have incorporated the elliptical adjustment slot and the elliptical split bushing so I was wondering what issues and problems it caused. I see that "dghe ricke" has been very helpful and provided the key dimensions. I am also willing to add my help if there is any further information required. I am based in UK.
John Gordon
 
John Gordon said:
Hi Mark,
I only joined this forum today and I was trawling through posts and I came across yours which I see is very recent. I too have a Burke #4 with the original vertical attachment and adapter plate.
Your steel substitute appears to have incorporated the elliptical adjustment slot and the elliptical split bushing so I was wondering what issues and problems it caused. I see that "dghe ricke" has been very helpful and provided the key dimensions. I am also willing to add my help if there is any further information required. I am based in UK.
John Gordon
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John,
Welcome to the forum. The adapter plate was missing when I got my Burke. I made one from steel but it is too hard and difficult to clamp, so I need to make one from cast iron. I made the split bushing also. It works fine. The steel plate does not give easy when trying to clamp. Someone was supposedly had a plate , but I don't think he is going to come through, so when I can, I will get a chunk of cast iron and make one.
 
Mark,
Thank you for the welcome. If you require any further help with dimensions or detail photos I'm happy to oblige.
John
 
HELP....... can one (or more) of you guys tell me the distance center to center between the to p hole and bottom hole in the vertical hard plate?

I also need the distance center to center from the bottom hole to the center of the slot.

Thanks....


I got the cast iron...... Cost me $86 delivered.
 
Mark,
I can go to my shop in the morning and I'll measure the distance of the centers. What slot are you talking about ?Who did you get the cast iron from ?
let me know.
Wally G
dgehricke
 
dgehricke said:
Mark,
I can go to my shop in the morning and I'll measure the distance of the centers. What slot are you talking about ?Who did you get the cast iron from ?
let me know.
Wally G
dgehricke
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The slot is the one the bolt goes in to lock the head position.

I got my cast iron from hobbymetalkits.com. It is owned by a fellow named Bernie McCallum. He is really reasonable and only charges the actual shipping costs. I buy a lot from him. He gets me anything I want and the sizes I want.

Thanks for the help.
 
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