Speed Handle for Mill Head Lift

[epanzella]

The single crank handle used to lift the head on my mill was raising hell with my arthritis as I was forced to lift up with my arm stretched all the way out. I copied the handle on my drill press so I could lift the head by pulling towards me. Much easier on the old bones.

 

[jlmanatee]

Nice! I've started to use my cordless drill/driver to raise/lower my Sieg SX3 mill head. The hand wheel is held on with 14mm locked nuts and I use a socket with a 3/8 drive adapter in the drill/driver. I've also purchased a pair of 50 lbs gas struts that I'll be attaching to the head that should help to balance the weight better.

 

[epanzella]

Nice! I've started to use my cordless drill/driver to raise/lower my Sieg SX3 mill head. The hand wheel is held on with 14mm locked nuts and I use a socket with a 3/8 drive adapter in the drill/driver. I've also purchased a pair of 50 lbs gas struts that I'll be attaching to the head that should help to balance the weight better.

My mill head is kinda hard to lift, I don't know if a cordless drill would do it and if it did, I don't know if I could hold on to the drill grip without some sort of extension handle. I would probably have to fab some sort of add'l gear reduction to add to what's there already.

 

[DavidR8]

Well done!