Rapid Head & Draw Bar Travel Tool

[HarryJ]

In order to assist moving the mill head up and down and tightening the draw bar, I am using a right angle cordless drill with sockets. I first tried a cordless ratchet, but I didn't like the impact driving action. I found a 5/16" square pipe plug socket that fits the draw bar and a 17 mm socket for the head lead screw.

 

[hman]

Great idea! If you could cobble up an adapter to (at least semi-permanently) mount on head lead screw, it would save you time ... no need to keep changing sockets on the angle drill.

 

[eugene13]

Glad you're not using the impact tool, you likely would have broken something