CentexMachineShop
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2020
- Location
- Bastrop
Going out on a limb here but I have read a few times and some reading of factory lit suggests that rear controls were factory on model Ks and optional on Model Hs
Here’s the funny thing my 1943 4H has rear controls. Use the rear controls more than the front in the work I do.
I have three 3K verticals 1942,1944,1944 and not a one of them have rear controls. So is it luck of the draw I got a hold of three that happened to have that standard option nixed? I use the two 1944s quite extensively, the newest 44 (dec 44) the most and would like to add rear controls. 1942 3K is long term setup for repeating job
Prefer not to rob them from 4H (looks like a bolt up) does anyone have a parts machine theyd sell the rear controls too. Or perhaps the whole machine as long as controls interchange with 3K. Have considered making Johnson bars that pin to factory front levers that aim around back but then the whole dial not in view thing becomes another barrier. Understand this Johnson bar idea sounds ridiculous but I’d prefer to work with/retro fit what I have as although old they are in respectable condition and are money makers. I have been into knee on 4H and vaguely remember how the whole works was tied into the front and if I remember correctly there was more to it then pinning a collar onto an exposed shaft. Thus the Johnson bar idea
Here’s the funny thing my 1943 4H has rear controls. Use the rear controls more than the front in the work I do.
I have three 3K verticals 1942,1944,1944 and not a one of them have rear controls. So is it luck of the draw I got a hold of three that happened to have that standard option nixed? I use the two 1944s quite extensively, the newest 44 (dec 44) the most and would like to add rear controls. 1942 3K is long term setup for repeating job
Prefer not to rob them from 4H (looks like a bolt up) does anyone have a parts machine theyd sell the rear controls too. Or perhaps the whole machine as long as controls interchange with 3K. Have considered making Johnson bars that pin to factory front levers that aim around back but then the whole dial not in view thing becomes another barrier. Understand this Johnson bar idea sounds ridiculous but I’d prefer to work with/retro fit what I have as although old they are in respectable condition and are money makers. I have been into knee on 4H and vaguely remember how the whole works was tied into the front and if I remember correctly there was more to it then pinning a collar onto an exposed shaft. Thus the Johnson bar idea