RonRock
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2012
- Location
- Underwood, IA
I recently bought a Kurt Power Drawbar off Ebay. It was sold as parts not working. But looked like it was pretty complete so I made an offer and now it is my problem. Not really a problem, I feel like I got a very good deal on a very nice power Drawbar that will eventually go onto my worn out Bridgeport. Ha! The BPort has a 7" riser and that puts the drawbar way too high for my short body to reach, so I'm anxious to get this thing installed.
So as it worked out the "parts" were mostly there as I thought from the Ebay add. As luck would have it I had an old CP 720 that I have kept around for parts. I was able to pull the parts from it to get the Kurt unit assembled. Cool!
But the unit came without any of the switching assembly. I have the Kurt manual that came with the parts and it shows a 2 button setup with a valve body that I assume is custom made for Kurt. But the Kurt website shows a newer switching setup with a single "toggle" switch.
Is that switch something that can be bought from another source? I love the Kurt products, but for my homeshop use the cost is not easily justified. I need a cheap way to make this work.
So any advice on how to make the pneumatic work with this Kurt Drawbar? I'd like to figure out the "new" style switch budget friendly.
So as it worked out the "parts" were mostly there as I thought from the Ebay add. As luck would have it I had an old CP 720 that I have kept around for parts. I was able to pull the parts from it to get the Kurt unit assembled. Cool!
But the unit came without any of the switching assembly. I have the Kurt manual that came with the parts and it shows a 2 button setup with a valve body that I assume is custom made for Kurt. But the Kurt website shows a newer switching setup with a single "toggle" switch.
Is that switch something that can be bought from another source? I love the Kurt products, but for my homeshop use the cost is not easily justified. I need a cheap way to make this work.
So any advice on how to make the pneumatic work with this Kurt Drawbar? I'd like to figure out the "new" style switch budget friendly.