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Congrats on the new to you machine. There may be very compelling arguments for the other machines but IMO you cant go wrong with the classic BP. I would consider just getting a servo 140 feed or clone of. vs messing with fixing the original power feed. I think need for repair and adjustment of the flat springs on the BP quill is very common. It was one of the few things I needed to fix when I brought mine home. Would have been much easier having the repair manual when taking it apart though. A little head scratching and mechanical common sense later I was able to get it back together and working but that darn spring popped and unwound on me several times. About the fine quill feed hand wheels, I agree not many people use them and they get lost or tossed. Thats why when I went to look at my mill and saw it had one still attached I knew that machine was a keeper! I looked for quite awhile to find one that wasn't abused, neglected, clapped out and needing a total overhaul. Check out this tool porn. Original paint....
Hi Cheeseking,
Wow, was it even used when you got it? Very nice machine!
Mine has a lot of mileage on it because it was used to make jigs etc... for the company's big cnc machines. I was in awe the first time I went to look at this machine because of all of their equipment. I bought it from Tucker Technologies in Tucker, GA. and they are about 20 miles from me. Here is a LINK to their equipment list. They make and refurbish jet engine turbine blades. It is a plain jane brick building and from the street you would not think all that equipment would be in there.
I found this at Amazon.com ; 2 Spoked Black Powder Coated Aluminum Dished Hand Wheel, 5" Diameter, 3/8" Hole Diameter. It comes with the handle and it is made very well. The handle it came with is a metal revolving handle! Best of all it was only $11.96.
Amazon.com also had the Bridgeport BP 12193433 Feed-Reverse Knob. Now all I need to do is drill the wheel to the appropriate diameter, drill the hole for the pin and done. I wonder if anyone has ever drilled out the pin hole to a larger size, tap it and the wheel then run a thumb or other type of screw into it to hold it in place? The same size screw that the feed reverse knob has could be used for the tapped pin hole. Just a thought .
I have a question for anyone reading this... I dropped a tram ring on the table and hooked up my dial test. If you are standing in from the of mill, the table looks like it has four bars with t-slots between them. The back three bars are flush, but the bar in the front closest to the operator was high.