Bridgeport Power feed on an RF-30 clone

Just an update after, omg 5 months. Finally got the power feed mounted. I made a mount from a large cutoff I had. Went to fit it up and I over bored it. So I started a different piece. a couple hours a week, so lots of time in between. Then on Sunday I had another look at the mount and I can’t believe I had over complicated the mount. I took off the existing lead screw mount on that end turned it down to fit the power feed. Spotted the holes drill tapped and the power feed is mounted. Spent tonight boring out the drive gear and cut it to length. I drilled and tapped a set screw in the drive gear for now. Not sure what to do to put a keyway on the lead screw.? Maybe a cotter pin? I will have to think about it.
My lead screw was soft enough to hand file a flat for a grub screw. I didn't fancy drilling a hole in the lead screw.
 
I saw that you used two set screws, maybe I will do that as well. Thanks for the original thread got me to commit to this, it’s almost done.
 
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